Deliverance (1919 film)

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Deliverance

Directed by	George Foster Platt
Written by	Francis Trevelyan Miller
Produced by	Helen Keller Film Corporation
Starring	Etna Ross Ann Mason Tula Belle Edith Lyle Betty Schade Jenny Lind
Cinematography	Lawrence Fowler Arthur L. Todd
Music by	Anselm Goetzl
Distributed by	George Kleine System
Release date	1919 (1919)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent

Deliverance is a 1919 silent film which tells the story of the life of Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan. It stars Etna Ross, Tula Belle, Edith Lyle, Betty Schade, Sarah Lind, Ann Mason and Jenny Lind. The film also features appearances by Helen Keller, Anne Sullivan, Kate Adams Keller and Phillips Brooks Keller as themselves. The movie was directed by George Foster Platt and written by Francis Trevelyan Miller.

Cast (in credits order)

Etna Ross ... Young Helen Keller
Tula Belle ... Young Nadja
Edith Lyle ... Younger Anne Sullivan (as Edythe Lyle)
Betty Schade ... Mrs. Kate Adams Keller as a young woman
Jenny Lind ... Martha Washington
Sarah Lind ... Mammy
Ann Mason ... Helen Keller as a young woman
Helen Keller ... Herself
Anne Sullivan ... Herself
Kate Adams Keller ... Herself
Phillips Brooks Keller ... Himself
Polly Thompson ... Helen's secretary
Ardita Mellinina ... Nadja
J. Parks Jones ... Nadja's son
True Boardman ... Helen's boy friend (uncredited)
Herbert Heyes ... Ulysses^[1] (uncredited)

Preservation status

A copy of the film is in the Library of Congress film archive.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Progressive Silent Film List: Deliverance at silentera.com

External links

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v t e Helen Keller
Life history	Ivy Green Tuscumbia, Alabama Laura Bridgman Alexander Graham Bell Charles W. Adams
Schools attended	Perkins School for the Blind Anne Sullivan Wright-Humason School for the Deaf Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing The Cambridge School of Weston Radcliffe College
Related foundations	Helen Keller International American Civil Liberties Union Helen Keller Services for the Blind
Related works	"The Frost King" The Story of My Life Light in My Darkness Deliverance Helen Keller in Her Story The Miracle Worker play 1962 film 1979 film 2000 film The Miracle Continues Black
Related	Helen Keller Day Statue of Helen Keller

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