''The New Disciple'' is a 1921 American silent film directed by Ollie Sellers and produced by labor organization the Federal Film Corporation in Seattle, Washington. It was the most widely viewed labor film of this period, with over one million viewers in the year of its release. The film featured Alfred Allen,

Norris Johnson ''For the publisher and activist see Buzz Johnson'' Norris Johnson (1898 - 1971) was an actress in silent films in the U.S. She had supporting roles in various films and also had lead roles in Thomas H. Ince and Samuel Goldwyn productions. Filmog ...

, and Pell Trenton. The silent film included titles from Woodrow Wilson's 1913 '' New Freedom'' and told the story of a war veteran and a corrupt capitalist war profiteer. Ollie Sellers directed the anti- open shop film which was an indictment of the American plan. Promotions for the film called for union members to "wait" on their film exchanges to show the film. Film production was supervised by

John Arthur Nelson John Arthur Nelson was a director, actor, and writer. Nelson wrote, acted in, and directed more than a dozen short films in 1913 and 1914, including a series of Slim Hoover films in which he portrayed the title character. He wrote pro-labor union an ...

who wrote the story which was published at the same time. William Piggott wrote the screenplay. The film was made in Los Angeles.

Cast

* Pell Trenton * Margaret Mann * Alfred Allen *

* Walt Whitman * Arthur Hall

References

1921 films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by Oliver L. Sellers 1920s American films {{Silent-film-stub