Held in Trust (1920)
Drama | 21 August 1920
Cast:
May Allison, Darrell Foss, Walter Long [ More ]Director:
John E. InceWriter:
Sarah Y. MasonEditor:
Robert De LacyProduction Designer:
E. J. ShulterProduction Companies:
Metro Pictures Corp., Screen Classics, Inc.The 10 December 1919 New York Clipper reported that Oscar Apfel was set to direct Dolores Cassinelli in a picture called Held in Trust, although that project does not appear related to this film, which was announced in a 3 April 1920 Motion Picture News brief. Harvey Gates, a recent addition to Metro Pictures Corp.’s writing staff, was said to be preparing the script. However, the following week, a 10 April 1920 Wid’s Daily brief indicated that Sarah H. Mason had taken over as scenarist. Filming was underway at Metro’s studio in Hollywood, CA, by late April 1920. According to an item in the 24 April 1920 Camera, location shooting took place in Pasadena, CA.
The picture was released on 21 August 1920, as noted in the 18 Septemer 1920 Motion Picture News. A review in the 20 August 1920 Chicago Daily Tribune praised Held in Trust as a fine melodrama and one of May Allison’s best picture, to date.
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this picture on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021. ...
The 10 December 1919 New York Clipper reported that Oscar Apfel was set to direct Dolores Cassinelli in a picture called Held in Trust, although that project does not appear related to this film, which was announced in a 3 April 1920 Motion Picture News brief. Harvey Gates, a recent addition to Metro Pictures Corp.’s writing staff, was said to be preparing the script. However, the following week, a 10 April 1920 Wid’s Daily brief indicated that Sarah H. Mason had taken over as scenarist. Filming was underway at Metro’s studio in Hollywood, CA, by late April 1920. According to an item in the 24 April 1920 Camera, location shooting took place in Pasadena, CA.
The picture was released on 21 August 1920, as noted in the 18 Septemer 1920 Motion Picture News. A review in the 20 August 1920 Chicago Daily Tribune praised Held in Trust as a fine melodrama and one of May Allison’s best picture, to date.
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this picture on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021.
Unknown to her, Mary Manchester is a double for the ailing Mrs. Adelaide Rutherford, a wealthy woman who has been driven insane by her husband's cruelty. Rutherford is in league with Jasper Haig and Dr. Babcock. Together these men hold in trust sixty million dollars which upon Adelaide's death will revert to her brother Stanford Gorgas. Fearful of Adelaide's imminent death, the conspirators plan to substitute Mary in her place, thus preventing Gorgas from inheriting the money. After imprisoning Mary in Adelaide's house, their plan backfires when Gorgas meets her and, suspecting something is wrong, learns of Mary's plight. After Gorgas helps Mary escape, she is recaptured by Haig, who decides he must now eliminate Gorgas. Assuming that a fluttering behind the curtain is his adversary, Haig takes aim and shoots, only to kill Rutherford instead, thus freeing Mary to spend her future with ...
Unknown to her, Mary Manchester is a double for the ailing Mrs. Adelaide Rutherford, a wealthy woman who has been driven insane by her husband's cruelty. Rutherford is in league with Jasper Haig and Dr. Babcock. Together these men hold in trust sixty million dollars which upon Adelaide's death will revert to her brother Stanford Gorgas. Fearful of Adelaide's imminent death, the conspirators plan to substitute Mary in her place, thus preventing Gorgas from inheriting the money. After imprisoning Mary in Adelaide's house, their plan backfires when Gorgas meets her and, suspecting something is wrong, learns of Mary's plight. After Gorgas helps Mary escape, she is recaptured by Haig, who decides he must now eliminate Gorgas. Assuming that a fluttering behind the curtain is his adversary, Haig takes aim and shoots, only to kill Rutherford instead, thus freeing Mary to spend her future with Gorgas.
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