Alias the Deacon (1927 film)

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Alias the Deacon
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Directed by	Edward Sloman
Written by	Charles Kenyon Walter Anthony
Based on	Alias the Deacon by John B. Hymer and Leroy Clemens
Produced by	Carl Laemmle
Starring	Jean Hersholt June Marlowe Ralph Graves
Cinematography	Jackson Rose Gilbert Warrenton
Edited by	Byron Robinson
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	June 20, 1927 (1927-06-20) (New York City)
Running time	7 reels (2,093.67 meters)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

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.^[1]^[2] It was remade as the sound film Alias the Deacon in 1940.

Cast

This film was remade in 1940 starring Bob Burns, Mischa Auer, and Peggy Moran.

^ Progressive Silent Film List: Alias the Deacon at silentera.com
^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971

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