''Evangeline'' is a 1929 American

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, w ...

directed by Edwin Carewe and starring

Dolores del Río María de los Dolores Asúnsolo y López Negrete (3 August 1904 – 11 April 1983), known professionally as Dolores del Río (), was a Mexican actress. With a career spanning more than 50 years, she is regarded as the first major female Latin Am ...

. An Arthur Hopkins produced play made it to Broadway in 1913. It is the last silent film version of the 1847 poem of the same name by

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator. His original works include "Paul Revere's Ride", ''The Song of Hiawatha'', and '' Evangeline''. He was the first American to completely trans ...

. This film was released with a Vitaphone disc selection of dialogue, music, and sound effects.''Evangeline'' as produced on Broadway at the Park Theatre, beginning October 4, 1913; IBDb.com
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Cast

as Evangeline *

Roland Drew Roland Drew (born Walter Goss; August 4, 1900 – March 17, 1988) was an American actor. Biography Born in 1900 in New York City, Drew made his first film in 1926 and continued to work until the 1940s. Noted primarily as Dolores del Río's ...

as Gabriel *

Alec B. Francis Alec B. Francis (born Alec Francis Budd, 2 December 1867 – 6 July 1934) was an English actor, largely of the silent era. He appeared in more than 240 films between 1911 and 1934. Biography Francis was born in Suffolk, England. He studied law ...

as Father Felician * Donald Reed as Baptiste *Paul McAllister as Benedict Bellefontaine * James A. Marcus as Basil *

George F. Marion George Francis Marion Sr. (July 16, 1860 – November 30, 1945) was an American film and stage actor and director, known for ''Anna Christie'', both (1923) and (1930), and '' Death from a Distance'' (1935). Marion acted in 35 films between 1 ...

as Rene LeBlanc *Bobby Mack as Michael *

Louis Payne William Louis Payne (January 13, 1873 – August 14, 1953) was an American character actor of the silent and sound film eras, as well as legitimate theater. Biography Born in Pennsylvania, Payne's acting life began in the first decade of the 1 ...

as Governor-General * Lee Shumway as Colonel Winslow

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''Evangeline''; lobby poster
1929 films American silent feature films Films based on works by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Films directed by Edwin Carewe 1929 drama films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub