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.Progressive Silent Film List: Alias the Deacon at silentera.comThe American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971 It was remade as the sound film Alias the Deacon in 1940.
Cast 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
Remake This film was remade in 1940 starring Bob Burns, Mischa Auer, and Peggy Moran.
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Lobby poster