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The Evangelist

1916 · 40 min Drama
1.0 / 10 · TMDB

Christabel Nuneham (Gladys Hanson) feels neglected by her husband, Phil (Ferdinand Tidmarsh), so she has an affair with Rex Allen (Jack Standing). When Allen has to go to India, Christabel follows him to Southampton to see him off. She is injured in a car accident and is rescued by an evangelist (George Soule Spencer) whose specialty is saving sinners.

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Year 1916
Country United States of America
Genre Drama
Director Barry O'Neil
Runtime 40 min.
Rating TMDB: 1.0/10 (2 votes)

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The film constructs its drama around the clash between a worldly affair and a spiritual crisis, using the car accident as a stark metaphor for a life derailed. It relies on Gladys Hanson's expressive performance to chart the inner turmoil between passion and penitence.

What lingers after the final reel is a poignant study of sin and salvation within the rigid social codes of its time. The evangelist's intervention poses quiet questions about redemption that resonate beyond the frame. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Barry O'Neil

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With subdued lighting, thoughtfully, as a silent moral melodrama.

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