Nearer My God to Thee is a 1917 British silent drama film directed by Cecil M. Hepworth and starring Henry Edwards, Alma Taylor and A.V.
[2] As described in a film magazine,[3] a hunchback is employed as an organist at an Episcopal church and at other times works as a school teacher.
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.
In the end, circumstances straighten themselves out with her marrying the hunchback, whose love never faltered.