The Evangelist (1916 film)

Summary

The Evangelist is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Barry O'Neil based on the play by Henry Arthur Jones. It stars Gladys Hanson and Walter Law.

The Evangelist
Directed byBarry O'Neil
Written byClay M. Greene
Based onThe Evangelist
by Henry Arthur Jones
Produced bySiegmund Lubin
StarringGladys Hanson
Walter Law
Production
company
Distributed byGeneral Film Company
Release date
  • January 17, 1916 (1916-01-17)
Running time
6 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Cast edit

  • Gladys Hanson as Christabel Nuneham
  • Walter Law as Sir James Nuneham
  • Ferdinand Tidmarsh as Philip Nuneham
  • George Soule Spencer as Sylvanus Rebbings
  • Jack Standing as Rex Allen
  • George Clarke as The Bishop of Trentistown
  • Peter Lang as The Rev. Joseph Cushway
  • Arthur Matthews as Deacon Shergold
  • Bartley McCullum as Ben Possiter
  • Richard Wangermann as Hassell (credited as Richard Wangemann)
  • Eleanor Dunn as Ione Nuneham
  • Betty Brice as Phoebe Ransford (credited as Rosetta Brice)
  • Ruth Bryan as Naomi Rebbings
  • Frankie Mann
  • Florence Hackett
  • Charles Brandt
  • William H. Turner

Production edit

The film was produced by the Lubin Manufacturing Company and distributed by the General Film Company in the United States on January 17, 1916.[1]

Preservation edit

The film is considered a lost film by the National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) as of January 2021.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ 'The American Film Institute Catalog, Features Films 1911-1920, University of California Press, 1988 ISBN 0-520-06301-5
  2. ^ "AFI|Catalog".

External links edit

  • The Evangelist at IMDb