Deceit (1923 film)

Deceit
Deceit
Directed by	Oscar Micheaux
Starring	Evelyn Preer; William Fountaine; Norman Johnstone; A. B. DeComathiere; Cleo Desmond
Distributed by	Micheaux Film Corporation
Release date	1923;
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

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

References

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

External links

Deceit at IMDb
Deceit at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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[1] Donald Bogle (2001). Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 115. ISBN 0-8264-1267-X.

[2] Barbara Tepa Lupack (2002). Literary Adaptations in Black American Cinema: From Micheaux to Toni Morrison. University of Rochester Press. pp. 117–118. ISBN 1-58046-103-4.

[3] Richard Koszarski (2008). Hollywood on the Hudson: Film and Television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff. Rutgers University Press. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-8135-4293-5.

[4] Progressive Silent Film List: Deceit at silentera.com

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