A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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	Jean Hersholt (left). Photograph: Silent Era image collection.

Cast: Jean Hersholt [‘The Deacon’], June Marlowe [Nancy], Ralph Graves [John Adams], Myrtle Stedman [Mrs. Clark], Lincoln Plummer (Lincoln Plumer) [Cunningham], Ned Sparks [‘Slim’ Sullivan], Tom Kennedy [‘Bull’ Moran], Maurice Murphy [Willie Clark], George West [George]

Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [Universal-Jewel]. / Scenario by Charles Kenyon [?] and Walter Anthony?, from the play Alias the Deacon by John B. Hymer and Leroy Clemens. Cinematography by Jackson Rose and Gilbert Warrenton. Film editor, Byron Robinson. Intertitles written by Walter Anthony. Presented by Carl Laemmle. / Released 22 January 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.

Drama.

Survival status: A print may exist as a 16mm reduction positive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Card sharks - Deception - Gambling

Listing updated: 3 March 2011.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal pp. 56, 115; Katchmer-Eighty p. 407; Slide-Aspects p. 61 : Website-IMDb.