Her Own Free Will Explained

Her Own Free Will
Director:	Paul Scardon
Starring:	Helene Chadwick Holmes Herbert Violet Mersereau
Cinematography:	J. Roy Hunt
Studio:	Eastern Productions
Runtime:	68 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

Her Own Free Will is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Paul Scardon and starring Helene Chadwick, Holmes Herbert, and Violet Mersereau.^[1] It was based on a novel of the same name by the British writer Ethel M. Dell.^[2]

Cast

• Helene Chadwick as Nan Everard
• Holmes Herbert as Peter Craddock
• Allan Simpson as Jerry Lister
• George Backus as Col. Everard
• Violet Mersereau as Mona Everard

Preservation

With no copies of Her Own Free Will located in any film archives,^[3] it is a lost film.

Bibliography

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

Notes and References

1. Goble p.795
2. News: Hodkinson . May 15, 2020 . . 19 . 1 . June 28, 1924 . 45 . Internet Archive.
3. http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.6090/default.html Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database; Her Own Free Will