Deceit (1923)
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. Like many of Micheaux's films, Deceit casts clerics in a negative light. Although the film was shot in 1921, it was not released until 1923. It is not known whether the film currently survives, which suggests that it is a lost film. The 1922 film The Hypocrite was shown within Deceit as a film within a film.
- Date of release
- 1923-03-01
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Oscar Micheaux
Casting
- Evelyn Preer — Doris Rutledge/Evelyn Bently
- William Fountaine
- Norman Johnstone — Alfred DuBois/Gregory Wainwright
- A.B. DeComathiere — Reverend Bently
- Cleo Desmond — Charlotte Chesbro
- Louis De Bulger
- Mabel Young
- Cornelius Watkins
- Kathryn Boyd
Interesting facts
Deceit is a 1923 American silent black-and-white film. It is a conventional melodrama directed by Oscar Micheaux. Like many of Micheaux's films, Deceit casts clerics in a negative light.
Production
Filming began on June 6, 1921 at Estee Studio, New York City. Although the film was shot in 1921, it was not released until 1923.
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