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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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
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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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