A Modest Hero

  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 10 min
  • Premiere: 1913. September 8.

It is house cleaning time. Mother-in-law leaves, but insists that husband must be put to work, but husband hires a man, while he goes fishing. Our hero substitutes himself for the cleaner and appears to rob the lady of her silver. He is kept too busy, and later proves a hero in spite of himself by rescuing the fair young housewife from the drunken cleaner, who walks in late.

Discover

Walter Miller

The Husband

Lillian Gish

The Wife

John T. Dillon

Second Thief

Charles West

A Crook / Cleaning Man

Alfred Paget

First Policeman

Directing

Dell Henderson

Director

Writing

Directing

Dell Henderson

Director

Writing