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John Bunny (left), Helene Costello and an unidentified player.
Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.
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Her Crowning Glory
(1911) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Laurence Trimble
Cast: John Bunny [Mortimer Bunny], Flora Finch [the new governess], Helene Costello [Helen, the child], Kate Price [Amelia, Mortimer’s sister], Mae Costello [the nurse], Edith Halleran [the maid]
The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 12 September 1911. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Helen, the daughter of wealthy widower Mr. Bunny, is a mischievous and spoiled child. She comprises the whole family and makes her father her willing and happy slave. Mr. Bunny decides to engage a governess for her, and she rebels, striking and slapping the governess at every chance. Mr. Bunny is smitten with the governess, who possesses a luxuriant head of hair and a face that is a shame to speak of; he seems to be fascinated by them and finally asks her to become his wife. Little Helen observes her father’s attentions to the governess. Helen’s nurse does not think any more of Mr. Bunny’s choice than little Helen. “She puts Helen up to clip the radiant locks of the governess sleeping in the chair by the window where she is drying her hair after giving it a shampoo. Helen does the job with neatness and dispatch. When the governess is awakened by a kiss from Mr. Bunny and discovers the loss of her crowning glory she is a sight, which turns the love of her employer to ridicule. He tells her that she can consider herself dismissed from his heart and his home. She makes a hasty exodus, and Bunny’s home runs on with the same tranquility it had before it was disturbed by the lady with the “Godiva” tresses.
Survival status: Prints exist in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive [35mm nitrate negative, 35mm preservation positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 31 December 2024.
References: Film viewing : Lahue-World p. 14 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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