The Day of Faith
{{short description|1923 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Day of Faith
| image = Poster of the movie The Day of Faith.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Tod Browning
| producer = Samuel Goldwyn
| writer = Katharine Kavanaugh
June Mathis
| based_on = {{basedon|The Day of Faith|Arthur Somers Roche}}
| starring = Eleanor Boardman
Tyrone Power Sr.
| cinematography = William Fildew
| distributor = Goldwyn Pictures
| released = {{film date|1923|10|21}}
| runtime = 70 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
}}
The Day of Faith is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Tod Browning starring Eleanor Boardman, Tyrone Power Sr., and Raymond Griffith.{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/D/DayOfFaith1923.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: The Day of Faith |accessdate=May 6, 2008|work=silentera.com}}The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,{{cite journal |last=Pardy |first=George T. |author-link= |title=Feature Previews: The Day of Faith |journal=Exhibitors Trade Review |volume=15 |issue=3 |page=23 |publisher=Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation |date=15 December 1923 |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibit00newy/page/n170/mode/1up |accessdate=26 April 2022}} {{Source-attribution}} Jane Maynard opens a mission in the New York City slums in the memory of philanthropist Bland Hendricks which uses the motto "My Neighbor is Perfect." She welcomes outcasts and faith cures are made. Michael Anstell, the son of a millionaire, is attracted to Jane. His father employs reporter Tom Barnett to ridicule the mission, but Tom becomes a convert. Old John Anstell then backs the mission, believing that, in the name of reform, he can control the world. Detected, his son Michael is killed by a mob. Tom Barnett and Jane Maynard carry on the mission's work.
Cast
{{castlist|
- Eleanor Boardman as Jane Maynard
- Tyrone Power Sr. as Michael Anstell (credited as Tyrone Power)
- Raymond Griffith as Tom Barnett
- Wallace MacDonald as John Anstell
- Ford Sterling as Montreal Sammy
- Heinie Conklin as Yegg Darby (credited as Charles Conklin)
- Ruby Lafayette as Granny Maynard
- Jane Mercer as Red Johnston's child
- Edward Martindel as Uncle Mortimer
- Winter Hall as Bland Hendricks
- Emmett King as Simmons
- Jack Curtis as Red Johnson
- Frederick Vroom as Marley Maynard
- John Curry as Isaac
- Henry Hebert as Samuel Jackson (credited as Henry Herbert)
- Miles McCarthy as Kelly (credited as Myles McCarthy)
- Robert Dudley as Morris
}}
Production
With no prints of The Day of Faith located in any film archives,{{cite web |url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.4674/default.html |title=The Day of Faith |accessdate=January 9, 2014 |work=Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database}} it is a lost film.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0013977}}
- [https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/46/5e/a4/465ea4ad3b8c646acb774d85dbc20f7e.jpg Additional lobby poster]
- [http://www.silentfilmstillarchive.com/day_of_faith.htm Stills] at silentfilmstillarchive.com
- [http://silenthollywood.com/thedayoffaith.html Stills] at silenthollywood.com
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Category:1920s English-language films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:Films directed by Tod Browning
Category:Goldwyn Pictures films