Her Excellency, the Governor is a 1917 American silent drama film produced and distributed by the Triangle Film Corporation. Directed by Albert Parker, the film stars Elda Milar, who later became well known as gossip columnist Hedda Hopper. The film is loosely based the play His Excellency, the Governor, by Robert Marshall.
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Cast
Wilfred Lucas - James Barclay
Hedda Hopper as Sylvia Marlowe (credited as Elda Milar)
Joseph Kilgour- Joe Keller
Regan Hughston- Governor's Secretary
Walter Walker - Capitalist
Edith Speare - Lieutenant Governor
Albert Perry - Reform Senator
Reception
Like many American films of the time, Her Excellency, the Governor was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors required the cutting of an intertitle that stated, "You're around her quite often - why don't you compromise her?"