''The World, the Flesh and the Devil'' is a 1914 British silent

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. Now considered a

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, it was made using the

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process. The title comes from the

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in the 1662 ''Book of Common Prayer'': "From all the deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil, spare us, good Lord."

Release

It premièred at the

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, London, on 9 April 1914 as part of a Kinemacolor season. It was one of the first full-colour feature films, preceded by ''

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'' released in February 1912, and '' The Miracle'' in December 1912.

Plot

A very miserable woman hatches a plot to switch the babies of a poor family and a rich family. But the nurse hired to pull off this transfer refuses to go through with it, leaving each baby with its proper family. When the babies are grown, the man from the poor family (who has been led to believe that he did come from the rich family) goes to the house of the other and throws him out. The remainder of the film deals with the frustrations of mistaken identity.

Cast

* Frank Esmond – Nicholas Brophy * Stella St. Audrie – Caroline Stanger * Warwick Wellington – Sir James Hall * Charles Carter – Rupert Stanger / Dyke * Rupert Harvey – Robert Hall *

Jack Denton John Fleming St. Andrew Denton (11 September 1872 – 19 April 1949) was a British actor and film director of the silent era. Denton was born in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire and died at age 76 in Redhill, Surrey. Selected filmography Ac ...

– George Grigg * Gladys Cunningham – Mrs. Brophy * Frances Midgeley – Gertrude Grant *

Mercy Hatton Mercy (Middle English, from Anglo-French ''merci'', from Medieval Latin ''merced-'', ''merces'', from Latin, "price paid, wages", from ''merc-'', ''merxi'' "merchandise") is benevolence, forgiveness, and kindness in a variety of ethical, relig ...

– Lady Hall *

H. Agar Lyons Harry Agar Lyons (1 April 1878 – 1944) was an Irish-born British actor. He was born in Cork (city), Cork, Ireland in 1878 and died in Wandsworth, London, England in 1944 at age 72. Lyons is best known for playing Fu Manchu in a series of fi ...

– The Devil * Nell Carter – Beatrice Cuthbert * Frank Stather – Inspector Toplin * Roger Hamilton – Wylde

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* * 1914 films 1914 drama films 1910s color films 1914 lost films British drama films British silent feature films Films directed by Floyd Martin Thornton Lost British films Silent films in color Lost drama films Early color films 1910s English-language films 1910s British films Silent drama films {{1910s-UK-film-stub

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