Alias the Deacon (1927)
- Original title
- Alias The Deacon
- Directed by
- Edward Sloman
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A small-time man pretends to be a religious figure to get by. He becomes involved with the lives of others in his community and finds himself in unexpected situations.
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What happens
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. It was remade as the sound film Alias the Deacon in 1940. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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