Put Yourself in His Place
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Put Yourself in His Place is a 1912
American
silent
short drama
based on an 1870
English
novel
. The film was adapted and directed by Theodore Marston
, and stars William Garwood
and Marguerite Snow
in the lead roles. The novel was written by Charles Reade
.
town in which Henry Little, a workman
and inventor, is persecuted by trades unions, jealous
because he was better trained than his fellows. Squire Raby, Little's uncle, is a forcible character, and a pleasant love story offsets the labor troubles. A purpose of the novel was to expose, without censure
, the errors of early trades unions.
1912 in film
The year 1912 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Mack Sennett, who had previously worked as an actor and comedy director with D. W. Griffith, formed a new company with New York City entrepreneur Adam Kessel called Keystone Studios...
American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
silent
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
short drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
based on an 1870
1870 in literature
The year 1870 in literature involved some significant new books.-New books:*Thomas Bailey Aldrich - The Story of a Bad Boy*Thomas Archer - The Terrible Sights of London*Rhoda Broughton - Red as a rose is she...
English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
. The film was adapted and directed by Theodore Marston
Theodore Marston
Theodore Marston was an American silent film director and writer of the early silent period...
, and stars William Garwood
William Garwood
William Garwood was an American stage and film actor and director of the early silent era in the 1910s....
and Marguerite Snow
Marguerite Snow
Marguerite Snow was an American silent film actress. Her father was a comedian. She was educated in Denver, Colorado at the Loretta Heights Academy.-Silent Film Leading Lady:...
in the lead roles. The novel was written by Charles Reade
Charles Reade
Charles Reade was an English novelist and dramatist, best known for The Cloister and the Hearth.-Life:Charles Reade was born at Ipsden, Oxfordshire to John Reade and Anne Marie Scott-Waring; William Winwood Reade the influential historian , was his nephew. He studied at Magdalen College, Oxford,...
.
Plot
The story is of an English manufacturingManufacturing
Manufacturing is the use of machines, tools and labor to produce goods for use or sale. The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high tech, but is most commonly applied to industrial production, in which raw materials are transformed into finished goods on a large scale...
town in which Henry Little, a workman
Workman
Workman or WORKman may refer to:* Workman , an English surname* Workman, a Linux cd player programmed in OpenLook* WORKman, a windows-based job control and task management application published by Veracity Systems...
and inventor, is persecuted by trades unions, jealous
JEALOUS
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because he was better trained than his fellows. Squire Raby, Little's uncle, is a forcible character, and a pleasant love story offsets the labor troubles. A purpose of the novel was to expose, without censure
Censure
A censure is an expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism. Among the forms that it can take are a stern rebuke by a legislature, a spiritual penalty imposed by a church, and a negative judgment pronounced on a theological proposition.-Politics:...
, the errors of early trades unions.
Cast
- William GarwoodWilliam GarwoodWilliam Garwood was an American stage and film actor and director of the early silent era in the 1910s....
as Henry Little - Marguerite SnowMarguerite SnowMarguerite Snow was an American silent film actress. Her father was a comedian. She was educated in Denver, Colorado at the Loretta Heights Academy.-Silent Film Leading Lady:...
as Grace Carden - William Russell as Squire Raby
- Jean DarnellJean DarnellJean Jarratt Darnell was an American silent film actress who has a brief career between 1912 and 1913.-Filmography:-External links:...
as Edith Raby, the Squire's Sister - James CruzeJames CruzeJames Cruze was a silent film actor and film director.-Life:Cruze was born as Jens Vera Cruz Bosen. The Vera Cruz middle name came from the battle of Vera Cruz. He was raised in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but did not practice the religion after his teenage years...
as Edith's Husband - David H. ThompsonDavid H. Thompson-External links:...
as Coventry - Anne Drew as Jael Dence
- Marie ElineMarie ElineMarie Eline was an American silent film child actress and sister of Grace Eline, who apparently turned 111 in 2009. Nicknamed The Thanhouser Kid she began acting for the Thanhouser Company in film aged 8 and starred in exactly 100 films between 1910 and 1914.-Filmography:* Uncle Tom's Cabin ......