Put Yourself in His Place

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Put Yourself in His Place
Directed by Theodore Marston
Written byTheodore Marston
Starring William Garwood
Marguerite Snow
Distributed by Thanhouser Film Corporation
Release date
  • October 29, 1912 (1912-10-29)
Running time
2 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

Put Yourself in His Place is a 1912 American silent short drama based on an 1870 English novel by Charles Reade. The film was adapted and directed by Theodore Marston, and stars William Garwood and Marguerite Snow in the lead roles.

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Plot

The story is of an English manufacturing town {Huddersfield} in which Henry Little, a worker and inventor, is persecuted by trade unions, jealous because he was better trained than his fellows. Squire Raby, Little's uncle, is a forcible character, and a pleasant love story offsets the labor troubles. A purpose of the novel was to expose, without censure, the errors of early trades unions.

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