Her Own Free Will

Her Own Free Will
Her Own Free Will
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Directed by	Paul Scardon
Written by	Gerald C. Duffy
Based on	Her Own Free Will; by Ethel M. Dell
Starring	Helene Chadwick ; Holmes Herbert ; Violet Mersereau
Cinematography	J. Roy Hunt
Production; company	Eastern Productions
Distributed by	Producers Distributing Corporation
Release date	July 20, 1924;
Running time	68 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Last updated December 28, 2025

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.

References

↑ Goble p.795
↑ "Hodkinson". Exhibitors Herald . Vol. 19, no. 1. June 28, 1924. p. 45. Retrieved May 15, 2020– via Internet Archive.
↑ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database; Her Own Free Will

Bibliography

Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. ISBN 3-598-11492-3

External links

Her Own Free Will at IMDb

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[1] Goble p.795

[2] "Hodkinson". Exhibitors Herald . Vol. 19, no. 1. June 28, 1924. p. 45. Retrieved May 15, 2020– via Internet Archive.

[3] Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database; Her Own Free Will

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