Deceit (sometimes referred to as The Deceit) is a 1923 American silent black-and-white film. It is a conventional melodrama directed by Oscar Micheaux.[1] Like many of Micheaux's films, Deceit casts clerics in a negative light.[2] Although the film was shot in 1921, it was not released until 1923.[3] It is not known whether the film currently survives,[4] which suggests that it is a lost film.
| Deceit | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Oscar Micheaux |
| Starring | Evelyn Preer William Fountaine Norman Johnstone A. B. DeComathiere Cleo Desmond |
| Distributed by | Micheaux Film Corporation |
Release date |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The 1922 film The Hypocrite was shown within Deceit as a film within a film.
Cast
edit- Evelyn Preer – Doris Rutledge / Evelyn Bently
- William Fountaine – unknown role
- Norman Johnstone – Alfred DuBois / Gregory Wainwright
- A. B. DeComathiere – Reverend Bently
- Cleo Desmond – Charlotte Chesbro
- Louis De Bulger – Mr. Chesbro
- Mabel Young – Mrs. Levine
- Cornelius Watkins – Gregory Wainwright, as a child
- Mrs. Irvin C. Miller – Mrs. Wainwright
- Ira O. McGowan – Mr. Wainwright
References
edit- ^ Donald Bogle (2001). Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 115. ISBN 0-8264-1267-X.
- ^ Barbara Tepa Lupack (2002). Literary Adaptations in Black American Cinema: From Micheaux to Toni Morrison. University of Rochester Press. pp. 117–118. ISBN 1-58046-103-4.
- ^ Richard Koszarski (2008). Hollywood on the Hudson: Film and Television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff. Rutgers University Press. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-8135-4293-5.
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Deceit at silentera.com
External links
edit- Deceit at IMDb
- Deceit at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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