The Converted Deacon (1910)

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman defies her father by secretly joining the theater and becomes a stage star. When her father brings her home due to her mother's illness, her boyfriend follows in disguise and the family conflict is resolved through performance, leading to the couple's marriage.

melodramaticlightheartedfamily-centeredromantictheatricalnostalgicsimpleupbeat

What happens

The Converted Deacon is a 1910 American silent short drama produced by the Thanhouser Company. The film follows the daughter who disobeys her father by associated with the theater and becomes a star on the stage. She keeps it a secret, but he father arrives in town and takes her home because her mother is ill. John DeLacy follows her home and disguises himself to secure a position on the farm. A newspaper reveals the daughter's fame and only after a song and dance does the father's anger abate and allows the two lovers to marry. Little is known about the production of the film, but the Thanhouser films were distinguished as being the best of the Independent companies in a The New York Dramatic Mirror editorial. The film was released on July 15, 1910, and met with mixed reception. The film is presumed lost (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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