Alias the Deacon (1927 film)
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Directed byEdward Sloman
Written byCharles Kenyon
Walter Anthony
Walter Anthony
Based onAlias the Deacon
by John B. Hymer and Leroy Clemens
by John B. Hymer and Leroy Clemens
Produced byCarl Laemmle
| Alias the Deacon | |
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| Directed by | Edward Sloman |
| Written by | Charles Kenyon Walter Anthony |
| Based on | Alias the Deacon by John B. Hymer and Leroy Clemens |
| Produced by | Carl Laemmle |
| Starring | Jean Hersholt June Marlowe Ralph Graves |
| Cinematography | Jackson Rose Gilbert Warrenton |
| Edited by | Byron Robinson |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 7 reels (2,093.67 meters) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Alias the Deacon is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Edward Sloman and starring Jean Hersholt, June Marlowe, and Ralph Graves. It was 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] It was remade as the sound film Alias the Deacon in 1940.
- Jean Hersholt as George Caswell or The Deacon
- June Marlowe as Phyllis/Mrs. Nancy Blythe
- Ralph Graves as Jim Adams
- Myrtle Stedman as Mrs. Betsy Clark
- Lincoln Plumer as John Cunningham
- Ned Sparks as Slim Sullivan
- Tom Kennedy as Bull Moran
- Maurice Murphy as Willie Clark
- George West as George
- Wilson Benge as Minister
- Walter Brennan as Cashier at Cunningham's Rink
- Joseph W. Girard as Sheriff of Morton County
- Annabelle Magnus as Nancy as a Child
- George Periolat as Giuseppi Padroni aka Tony the Dip
