
A convict escapes to a Southern town and passes himself off as a reverend, giving him the perfect cover to swindle the townspeople and corrupt an innocent young woman.
Release Date: 11/9/1925
Runtime: 94 minutes
Languages: No Language
Director: Oscar Micheaux
00Companies: Micheaux Picture Corporation
Countries: United States of America
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I love silent films, though this one heralding the first film performance of Paul Robeson is simply good or decent, not great or essential. Robeson's performance is excellent in an otherwise average melodrama, and it's clear he's going to be a star of the silver screen. In her only cinematic appearance, Julia Theresa Russell, who was the director's sister-in-law, deserves mention, however. She's gorgeous and her acting wasn't bad at all. The jazz/blues/spiritual score on the Criterion Collection release, I believe by Wycliffe Gordon, is outstanding. Recommended if you like either silent films or Paul Robeson.
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Paul Robeson
Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester

Mercedes Gilbert
Sister Martha Jane

Julia Theresa Russell
Isabelle

Marshall Rogers
Speakeasy Proprietor

Lawrence Chenault
Yello-Curley' Hinds - the Phony Reverend's Former Jailmate

Chester A. Alexander
Deacon Simpkins - a Church Elder

Walter Henry Cornick
Brother Amos - a Church Elder

Lillian Johnson
"Sis" Ca'line

Madame Robinson
"Sis" Lucy
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