Deliverance (1919 film)

Deliverance
film still with Helen Keller and her brother and mother
Directed by	George Foster Platt
Produced by	Helen Keller Film Corporation
Written by	Francis Trevelyan Miller
Starring	Etna Ross Ann Mason Tula Belle Edith Lyle Betty Schade Jenny Lind
Music by	Anselm Goetzl
Cinematography	Lawrence Fowler Arthur L. Todd
Distributed by	George Kleine System
Release dates	1919
Running time	90 min
Country	United States
Language	Silent

Deliverance is a 1919 silent film which tells the story of the life of Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan. It stars Etna Ross, Tula Belle, Edith Lyle, Betty Schade, Sarah Lind, Ann Mason and Jenny Lind. The film also features appearances by Helen Keller, Anne Sullivan, Kate Adams Keller and Phillips Brooks Keller as themselves. The movie was directed by George Foster Platt and written by Francis Trevelyan Miller.

Cast (in credits order)

• Etna Ross ... Young Helen Keller
• Tula Belle ... Young Nadja
• Edith Lyle ... Younger Anne Sullivan (as Edythe Lyle)
• Betty Schade ... Mrs. Kate Adams Keller as a young woman
• Jenny Lind ... Martha Washington
• Sarah Lind ... Mammy
• Ann Mason ... Helen Keller as a young woman
• Helen Keller ... Herself
• Anne Sullivan ... Herself
• Kate Adams Keller ... Herself
• Phillips Brooks Keller ... Himself
• Polly Thompson ... Helen's secretary
• Ardita Mellinina ... Nadja
• J. Parks Jones ... Nadja's son
• True Boardman ... Helen's boy friend (uncredited)
• Herbert Heyes ... Ulysses^[1] (uncredited)

Preservation status

A copy of the film is in the Library of Congress film archive.^[1]

References

1. Progressive Silent Film List: Deliverance at silentera.com

External links

• Deliverance at the Internet Movie Database