Injustice
Cast & Crew
Capt. Leslie T. Peacocke
Thais Nehli-kalini
Maurice Stapler
Vera Lavassor
Dorothy Yvonne Dumont
Sidney Preston Dones
Film Details
Synopsis
Wealthy society girl Irene Waterloo is courted by a designing nobleman, Count Bertrade Delande, who had previously pledged himself to Gwendolyne Vanderbilt. Gwendolyne and her socially ambitious mother uncover evidence that Irene is really black, and Irene, shocked by this revelation, goes to Europe. Eventually she finds happiness with George Preston, who was formerly her porter. [The film also treats the racism endured by blacks in Europe during World War I. No other verifiable information concerning the plot has been discovered.]
Director
Capt. Leslie T. Peacocke
Cast
Thais Nehli-kalini
Maurice Stapler
Vera Lavassor
Dorothy Yvonne Dumont
Sidney Preston Dones
Ovid Scott
Mrs. Wilhelmina Owens
Mrs. Hamer Burrell
Mrs. Seith Webb
Margaret Grace-boon
Mrs. W. W. E. Gladden
Gwendoline Gordon
Mary Strange
Veronica Smith
Janette Criner
Mrs. James B. Seager
Mrs. Crystal Reed
Cora Reed
Miss Dreyfus
Mrs. Otis Banks
Chaplain W. W. E. Gladden
Robert Fortson
Lieut. Journee White
Eldridge Lee
Otis Banks
Robert C. Owens
Mr. Christian
Dr. W. A. Tarleton
Lieut. Clinton Ross
Lieut. Matthews
Lieut. Eugene Lucas
F. L. Banks
J. B. Bass
Harry Jones
Herbert Bost
J. W. Coleman
Julia Stuart
Lieut. Hankin
Lieut. Jackson
Film Details
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
The Democracy Film Co. which changed its name to the Loyalty Film Co. sometime in 1919 or 1920, included both blacks and whites in its management and produced films with black casts. During its opening run in Los Angeles, the film, which May have been made under the title Democracy; or a Fight for Right, was advertised and reviewed as In Justice, but later Democracy ads and most contemporary sources called the film Injustice. It is unclear whether the film was six or seven reels long at the time of its release. By late 1919 the film had been renamed Loyal Hearts, and it played in theaters under that title in late 1919 or early 1920, advertised variously as a five-reeler or a six-reeler. At about this time L-Ko contracted with Democracy to distribute the film; it cut the film to five reels, added titles in dialect, possibly added additional footage, and advertised the result as a comedy. Democracy brought suit against L-Ko, but the outcome of the dispute is unclear. It is also unclear whether Loyal Hearts was L-Ko's title for the film, whether the film had already been titled Loyal Hearts when L-Ko acquired it, or whether L-Ko released the film under yet another title. Modern sources state that Irene goes to Europe as a Red Cross nurse, is attacked and nearly raped by German soldiers there, and is saved by George, now a soldier who is wounded in the fight. Scenes from the film May have been shot at the E&R Jungle Studio in Los Angeles.
