Deceit (1923 film) explained
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.
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
Notes and References
- Book: Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films. Donald Bogle. Donald Bogle. Continuum International Publishing Group. 2001. 115. 0-8264-1267-X.
- Book: Literary Adaptations in Black American Cinema: From Micheaux to Toni Morrison. Barbara Tepa Lupack. University of Rochester Press. 2002. 117–118. 1-58046-103-4.
- Book: Hollywood on the Hudson: Film and Television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff. Richard Koszarski. Richard Koszarski. Rutgers University Press. 2008. 97. 978-0-8135-4293-5.
- http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/D/Deceit1923.html Progressive Silent Film List: Deceit
