''Nearer My God to Thee'' is a 1917 British silent

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directed by Cecil M. Hepworth and starring Henry Edwards, Alma Taylor and A.V. Bramble. It is not known whether the film currently survives.

Plot

As described in a

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, a hunchback is employed as an organist at an Episcopal church and at other times works as a school teacher. In the latter work he is associated with a young woman, with whom he is very infatuated. A London man of sporting tendencies quickly wins over the woman with his polished manners and ardent courtship and he marries her. After the wedding the husband goes back to the ways of his bachelorhood, frequenting the public places and spending his time in one prolonged debauch. The bride tends a store from which they derive their livelihood. The husband mistreats and abuses her. In the end, circumstances straighten themselves out with her marrying the hunchback, whose love never faltered.

Cast

* Henry Edwards as John Drayton * Alma Taylor as Joan * A.V. Bramble as Jim Boden *

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as Alec * Beryl Rhodes as Littlest Girl * John MacAndrews

References

Bibliography

*Palmer, Scott. ''British Film Actors' Credits, 1895-1987''. McFarland, 1988.

External links

* 1917 films 1917 drama films British silent feature films 1910s English-language films Films directed by Cecil Hepworth Hepworth Pictures films British black-and-white films 1910s British films Silent British drama films English-language drama films {{1910s-UK-film-stub