The Lie (1918)
Elinor Shale's happiness at being engaged to Gerald Forster is interrupted by the arrival of her sister Lucy, who confesses that she will soon give birth to an illegitimate child. Elinor goes into seclusion with her sister until the baby is born and then tries to find a foster mother. Seeking to estrange Gerald from Elinor so that she may marry him herself, Lucy convinces him that Elinor is the child's mother. After Lucy and Gerald's marriage, Elinor learns of her sister's perfidy and resolves to tell Gerald the truth, but at the sight of their happiness, she relents and returns home.
- Date of release
- 1918-04-08
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- J. Searle Dawley
Casting
- Elsie Ferguson — Elinor Shale
- David Powell — Gerald Forster
- John L. Shine — Sir Robert Shale
- Percy Marmont — Nol Dibdin
- Charles Sutton — Hamp
- Bertha Kent — Gibbard
- Maude Turner Gordon — Lady Beachworth
- Betty Howe — Lucy Shale
Interesting facts
The Lie is a 1918 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Artcraft Pictures, an affiliate of Paramount. J. Searle Dawley directed and stage star Elsie Ferguson starred in a story based on a 1914 play by Henry Arthur Jones and starring Margaret Illington. The film is now lost.
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