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Body and Soul (1925)

Nov 09, 1925 Drama 1h 33m
62%
User Score
6.2/10

Overview

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.

Oscar Micheaux
Director

Top Billed Cast

Paul Robeson
Paul Robeson

Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester
Mercedes Gilbert
Mercedes Gilbert

Sister Martha Jane
Julia Theresa Russell
Julia Theresa Russell

Isabelle
Marshall Rogers
Marshall Rogers

Speakeasy Proprietor
Lawrence Chenault
Lawrence Chenault

Yello-Curley' Hinds - the Phony Reverend's Former Jailmate
Chester A. Alexander
Chester A. Alexander

Deacon Simpkins - a Church Elder
Walter Henry Cornick
Walter Henry Cornick

Brother Amos - a Church Elder
Lillian Johnson
Lillian Johnson

"Sis" Ca'line
Madame Robinson
Madame Robinson

"Sis" Lucy

Full Cast & Crew

Media

Shana L. Redmond and Michael Gillespie on Body & Soul and Us
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A review by talisencrw
Written on 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 appearance, Julia Theresa Russell, who was the director's sister-in-law, deserves mention, however. She's gorgeous and her acting wasn't bad at all. The jazz/blues/spiritual score on the Criterion Collection release, I believe by Wycliffe Gordon, is outstanding. Recommended if you like either silent films or Paul Robeson....

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