13 Oct 1926
Faust
God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist.
Miss Lulu Bett
Lois Wilson (as Lulu) is the spinsterish member of the Deacon family: "The family beast of burden, whose timid soul has failed to break the bonds of family servitude." Her brother-in-law is patriarchal Theodore Roberts (as Dwight Deacon); running the house with an iron fist, he is both a dentist and a Justice of the Peace. As the latter, he accidentally marries Ms. Wilson to his visiting brother Clarence Burton (as Ninian Deacon) while they are out for dinner. Schoolteacher Milton Sills (as Neil Cornish) is also interested in Wilson...
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Lois Wilson Lulu Bett
Milton Sills Neil Cornish
Theodore Roberts Dwight Deacon
Helen Ferguson Diana Deacon
Mabel Van Buren Ina Deacon
Mae Giraci Monona Deacon
Clarence Burton Ninian Deacon
Ethel Wales Grandma Bett
Taylor Graves Bobby Larkin
Charles Ogle Station Agent
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