Body and Soul

A minister is malevolent and sinister behind his righteous facade. He consorts with, and later extorts from, the owner of a gambling house, and betrays an honest girl, eventually driving them both to ruin.

Cast

Paul Robeson

Paul Robeson

as Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester

Mercedes Gilbert

Mercedes Gilbert

as Sister Martha Jane

Julia Theresa Russell

Julia Theresa Russell

as Isabelle

Marshall Rogers

Marshall Rogers

as Speakeasy Proprietor

Lawrence Chenault

Lawrence Chenault

as Yello-Curley' Hinds - the Phony Reverend's Former Jailmate

Chester A. Alexander

Chester A. Alexander

as Deacon Simpkins - a Church Elder

Walter Henry Cornick

Walter Henry Cornick

as Brother Amos - a Church Elder

Lillian Johnson

Lillian Johnson

as "Sis" Ca'line

Madame Robinson

Madame Robinson

as "Sis" Lucy

Reviews

talisencrw

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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