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Deceit (1923 film)
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Wikipedia article
'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. Like many of Micheaux's films, 'Deceit' casts clerics in a negative light. Although the film was shot in 1921, it was not released until 1923. It is not known whether the film currently survives,[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/D/Deceit1923.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'Deceit'] at silentera.com which suggests that it is a lost film.
The 1922 film 'The Hypocrite' was shown within 'Deceit' as a film within a film.
Cast
*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
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