Deliverance (1919 film)

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Deliverance is a 1919 silent film which tells the story of the life of Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan. It stars Edna Ross, Tula Belle, Edith Lyle, Betty Schade, Jenny Lind, Sarah Lind, and Ann Mason, and has appearances by Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan themselves.

The movie was directed by Francis Trevelyan Miller and written by George Foster Platt.


[edit] 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 boyfriend (uncredited)

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