The Evangelist
Cast & Crew
Barry O'neil
Gladys Hanson
Walter Law
Ferdinand Tidmarsh
George Soule Spencer
Jack Standing
Film Details
Synopsis
Christabel Nuneham, whose husband Philip, a hydraulic power plant contractor, neglects her for his work, accepts the attentions of young officer Rex Allen. When Allen's regiment is suddenly called to India, he persuades Christabel to accompany him secretly to Southampton to bid him farewell. She stays with him overnight, and the next day she is involved in an automobile accident. The celebrated evangelist Sylvanus Rebbings rescues the injured Christabel. Rebbings, who has the largest congregation in the country, and his daughter Naomi are loved by the townsfolk but hated by the clergy because of Rebbings' radical views of religion and hypocrisy. After Phoebe Ransford, a poor shopgirl, is seduced and abandoned by factory foreman Stout, Rebbings prevents her suicide and later rebukes Christabel for not receiving Phoebe into her home. When Allen returns, Christabel meets him to end their affair, but Philip catches them together and threatens to divorce her. After he locks their small daughter Ione away, she and Christabel communicate with flashing electric lights. Soon Rebbings convinces Philip to reconcile with Christabel for Ione's sake.
Director
Barry O'neil
Cast
Gladys Hanson
Walter Law
Ferdinand Tidmarsh
George Soule Spencer
Jack Standing
George Clarke
Peter Lang
Arthur Matthews
Bartley Mccullum
Richard Wangemann
Eleanor Dunn
Rosetta Brice
Ruth Bryan
Frankie Mann
Florence Hackett
Charles Brant
W. H. Turner
Crew
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Notes
This film first appeared on release charts for February 1915 as a Lubin Special Feature and was reviewed in March and April 1915. One review said that it was six reels and was to be the first release of the newly formed V-L-S-E, but this was mistaken. The film was subsequently released on January 24, 1916 in four reels as part of a Lubin Unit Program. The actor listed as Charles Brant probably was Charles Brandt.
