Deliverance (1919 film)

Deliverance is a 1919 silent film which tells the story of the life of Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan. It stars Etna Ross, Tula Belle, Edith Lyle, Betty Schade, Sarah Lind, Ann Mason and Jenny Lind. The film also features appearances by Helen Keller, Anne Sullivan, Kate Adams Keller and Phillips Brooks Keller as themselves. The movie was directed by George Foster Platt and written by Francis Trevelyan Miller.

Deliverance
Directed by	George Foster Platt
Written by	Francis Trevelyan Miller
Produced by	Helen Keller Film Corporation
Starring	Etna Ross Ann Mason Tula Belle Edith Lyle Betty Schade Jenny Lind
Cinematography	Lawrence Fowler Arthur L. Todd
Music by	Anselm Goetzl
Distributed by	George Kleine System
Release date	1919 (1919)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent

Cast (in credits order)

• Etna Ross ... Young Helen Keller
• Tula Belle ... Young Nadja
• Edith Lyle ... Younger Anne Sullivan (as Edythe Lyle)
• Betty Schade ... Mrs. Kate Adams Keller as a young woman
• Jenny Lind ... Martha Washington
• Sarah Lind ... Mammy
• Ann Mason ... Helen Keller as a young woman
• Helen Keller ... Herself
• Anne Sullivan ... Herself
• Kate Adams Keller ... Herself
• Phillips Brooks Keller ... Himself
• Polly Thompson ... Helen's secretary
• Ardita Mellinina ... Nadja
• J. Parks Jones ... Nadja's son
• True Boardman ... Helen's boy friend (uncredited)
• Herbert Heyes ... Ulysses^[1] (uncredited)

Preservation status

A copy of the film is in the Library of Congress film archive.^[1]