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Movie Info

In a silent film from Lois Weber, a minister (Herbert Standing) addresses his congregation, urging them to abandon hypocrisy. The crowd reacts negatively and demands the minister's resignation. The story shifts to medieval times, focusing on a monk (Courtenay Foote) creating a sculpture. When the sculpture is revealed to be a nude woman, the monk is killed by an angry mob. These and other narratives come together in a treatise on morality and society.

Genre:

drama, fantasy
Director:

Lois Weber
Writer:

Lois Weber
Release Date (Streaming):

Feb 9, 2017
Runtime:

1h

Cast & Crew

Courtenay Foote
Gabriel, the Ascetic

Elisabeth Risdon

Charles Rock

Myrtle Stedman
The Woman

Margaret Edwards
The Naked Truth

Cyril Raymond

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Critic Reviews for Hypocrites

All Critics (12) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (12)

In the strength of her ideals [Weber] dares do things that a less idealistic person would make only crass, and she succeeds in producing a remarkably purity of impression with a considerable material instrument.

December 12, 2020 | Full Review…

Mae Tinee
Chicago Tribune
It is worth the price... One may see films which are Just as entertaining at almost any picture-house any day in the year. Its whole value lies in the uncovered loveliness of Miss Edwards.

December 12, 2020 | Full Review…

Henry Christeen Warnack
Los Angeles Times
Its daring its splendor and its extreme forcefulness probably have never been surpassed and when Lois Weber wrote and produced the play she made for herself a place in the motion picture hall of fame.

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FWST Staff
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
In a way Hypocrites is daring, but only because no one else has attempted as much or has gone as far... After seeing It you can't forget the name of Lois Weber, though It be well known already in and out of the trade.

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Sime Silverman
Variety
Again has Lois Weber (Mrs. Phillips Smalley) contributed to film theatricals one of those combinations of art, allegory and convincing drama for which she has won just praise and distinction.

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Inquirer Staff
Philadelphia Inquirer
Lois Weber, one of the greatest silent-era directors-and a former street preacher-offers this extravagantly inventive drama, from 1915, filled with dreams and special effects...

April 14, 2020 | Full Review…

Richard Brody
New Yorker
It is destined, we truly think, to enjoy a long and emphatic popularity.

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Hanford C. Judson
Moving Picture World
The name is well chosen, inasmuch as Miss Weber does not hesitate to flay hypocrisy in every form. The play is sure to create great discussion, and handled by a less able writer or one with less puritanical ideas would receive adverse criticism.

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Julian M. Solomon, Jr.
Motion Picture News
The work of Del Clawson and George W. Hill, in this picture, resulted in the achievement of some fine photographic effects. One scene chows twelve exposures, the film passing through the camera twenty-four times.

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Eagle Staff
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
It achieved a success beyond what might be expected of a "movie play."

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Sunday Times Staff
Sunday Times (Australia)
The treatment is daring and so ingenious that this picture takes its place among the most exceptional films.

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Star Staff
Washington Star
In many ways more a sermon than a story, 1915's Hypocrites is nevertheless a stunning example of the work of Lois Weber, one of early cinema's most successful and respected directors.

August 12, 2020 | Full Review…

David Bax
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