''Her Own Free Will'' is a 1924 American silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Paul Scardon Paul Scardon (6 May 1874 – 17 January 1954) was an actor, a producer, and a director on both Australian and New York stages. When he was 15, Scardon debuted on stage as a contortionist in vaudeville. He progressed from that to pantomime and t ...

and starring

Helene Chadwick Helene Chadwick (November 25, 1897 – September 4, 1940) was an American actress in silent and in early sound films. Early life and career Chadwick was born in the small town of Chadwicks, New York, which was named for her great-grandfathe ...

Holmes Herbert Holmes Herbert (born Horace Edward Jenner; 30 July 1882 – 26 December 1956) was an English character actor who appeared in Hollywood films from 1915 to 1952, often as a British gentleman. Early life Born Horace Edward Jenner, (some sou ...

, and

Violet Mersereau Violet Mersereau (October 2, 1892 – November 12, 1975) was an American stage and film actress. Over the course of her screen career, Mersereau appeared in over 100 Short film, short and silent film features. Early life Mersereau was born in Ne ...

. It was based on a novel of the same name by the British writer

Ethel M. Dell Ethel May Dell Savage (2 August 1881 – 17 September 1939), known by her pen name, Ethel M. Dell, was a British writer of over 30 popular romance novels and several short stories from 1911 to 1939. Biography Dell was born on 2 August 1881 to a ...

Cast

as Nan Everard *

as Peter Craddock *

Allan Simpson Larry Allan Simpson (born August 26, 1977) is a former baseball pitcher. Simpson pitched for the Philadelphia Phillies Double-A affiliate, the Reading Phillies in . Simpson has pitched in the majors for the Cincinnati Reds, Colorado Rockies, a ...

as Jerry Lister *

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as Col. Everard *

as Mona Everard

Preservation

With no copies of ''Her Own Free Will'' located in any film archives,Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database; ''Her Own Free Will''
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References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

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