Alias the Deacon
| Alias the Deacon | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Edward Sloman |
| Written by | (play) Leroy Clemens (play) Charles Kenyon (scenario) Walter Anthony (scenario, intertitles) |
| Produced by | Carl Laemmle |
| Starring | Jean Hersholt |
| Cinematography | Jackson Rose Gilbert Warrenton |
| Edited by | Byron Robinson |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 7 reels (2,093.67 meters) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent |
Alias the Deacon is a 1927 silent film produced and released by Universal Pictures. Based on a stage play of the same name, it was directed by Edward Sloman and is preserved at the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation.[1][2]
Cast[]
- Jean Hersholt - George Caswell or The Deacon
- June Marlowe - Phyllis/Mrs. Nancy Blythe
- Ralph Graves - Jim Adams
- Myrtle Stedman - Mrs. Betsy Clark
- Lincoln Plumer - John Cunningham
- Ned Sparks - Slim Sullivan
- Tom Kennedy - Bull Moran
- Maurice Murphy - Willie Clark
- George West - George
- Uncredited
- Wilson Benge - Minister
- Walter Brennan - Cashier at Cunningham's Rink
- Joseph W. Girard - Sheriff of Morton County
- Annabelle Magnus - Nancy as a Child
- George Periolat - Giuseppi Padroni aka Tony the Dip
Remake[]
This film was remade in 1940 starring Bob Burns, Mischa Auer, and Peggy Moran.[3]
References[]
- ^ Alias the Deacon at silentera.com
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971
- ^ Alias the Deacon (1940 remake) at IMDb
External links[]
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Categories:
- 1927 films
- Silent films
- American films
- American films based on plays
- American black-and-white films
- American silent feature films
- Films directed by Edward Sloman
- Universal Pictures films
- Silent film stubs