The Lie (1918 film)

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.[1][2][3]

The Lie
Still with Elsie Ferguson, Betty Howe, and David Powell
Directed by	J. Searle Dawley
Produced by	Adolph Zukor
Written by	Charles Maigne (scenario)
Based on	The Lie by Henry Arthur Jones
Starring	Elsie Ferguson
Cinematography	H. Lyman Broening
Distributed by	Artcraft Pictures
Release date	April 14, 1918
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Cast

• Elsie Ferguson as Elinor Shale
• David Powell as Gerald Forster
• John L. Shine as Sir Robert Shale
• Percy Marmont as Nol Dibdin
• Charles Sutton as Hamp
• Bertha Kent as Gibbard
• Maude Turner Gordon as Lady Beachworth
• Betty Howe as Lucy Shale

Reception

Like many American films of the time, The Lie was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors issued an Adults Only permit for the film.[4]

See also

• The House That Shadows Built (1931 promotional film by Paramount); a possibility that the unnamed Ferguson clip is from The Lie.

References

1. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c. 1988
2. The Lie as produced on Broadway at the Harris Theatre, December 24, 1914 to May 1915, 172 performances; IBDb.com
3. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Lie(Wayback)
4. "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 6 (19): 31. May 4, 1918.

External links

• The Lie at IMDb
• Synopsis at AllMovie
• Still photo of scene with Elsie Ferguson, Betty Howe, and David Powell (Powell erroneously referred to as Norman Kerry)
• Lantern slide