

Body and Soul
Overview
A convict escapes to a Southern town and passes himself off as a reverend, giving him the perfect cover to swindle the townspeople and corrupt an innocent young woman.
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Cast

Paul Robeson
Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester

Mercedes Gilbert
Sister Martha Jane

Julia Theresa Russell
Isabelle

Marshall Rogers
Speakeasy Proprietor

Lawrence Chenault
Yello-Curley' Hinds - the Phony Reverend's Former Jailmate

Chester A. Alexander
Deacon Simpkins - a Church Elder

Walter Henry Cornick
Brother Amos - a Church Elder

Lillian Johnson
"Sis" Ca'line

Madame Robinson
"Sis" Lucy
Reviews(1)
talisencrw
March 1, 2016
I love silent films, though this one heralding the first film performance of Paul Robeson is simply good or decent, not great or essential. Robeson's performance is excellent in an otherwise average melodrama, and it's clear he's going to be a star of the silver screen. In her only cinematic appeara…
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