False Colors (1914)

Famed actor Lloyd Phillips blames his infant daughter Dixie for her mother’s death in childbirth, leaving her in the care of his housekeeper, Mrs. Hughes and departs. Eighteen years later having squandered the money entrusted to her by Phillips Mrs. Hughes and her worthless son concoct a swindle to refill the coffers but are ultimately thwarted.

Date de sortie
1914-12-17
Durée
32 min
Genres
Drame
Réalisateur
Phillips Smalley, Lois Weber

Distribution

Anecdotes

False Colors, also known as False Colours, is a surviving 1914 American silent drama film directed, written by and starring Lois Weber and her husband Phillips Smalley. Weber plays dual roles of a mother and her daughter.

Production

Double exposures are used in the film to indicate transitions in scenes where Lloyd dreams of his dead wife, played by Weber, followed by the entrance of the daughter Flo, also played by Weber. Later, after his affection has shifted to his daughter, he sees Flo's image superimposed over a picture of his wife.

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