''Dangerous Lies'' is a 1921 British
silent drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Paul Powell.
Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 featur ...
is credited as a
title designer.
The film is now
lost
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History
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.
Plot
As described in a
film magazine
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,
Joan (Glynne), a poor rector's daughter, marries a bounder and, after she discovers his true character, leaves him to make her way in London. She meets and falls in love with Sir Henry Bond (Powell), a wealthy collector of antique books, and marries him after reading of her husband's sudden death. Later it is discovered that her husband was not dead, and that he had the notice printed to throw creditors off his trail. Joan goes to his hotel room and a struggle ensues in which her husband falls dead from a heart attack, leaving her free for happiness with her book connoisseur.
Cast
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David Powell as Sir Henry Bond
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Mary Glynne
Mary Glynne (born Mary Aitken; 25 January 1895 – 19 September 1954) was a British actress.
Biography
Glynne was born Mary Aitken in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. She started her career in 1908, in a stage play called ''The Da ...
as Joan Farrant
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Arthur M. Cullin as Eli Hodges
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Ernest A. Douglas
Ernest A. Douglas was a British actor of the silent era.
Selected filmography
* ''Rock of Ages'' (1918)
* '' Linked by Fate'' (1919)
* ''Darby and Joan'' (1920)
* ''The Call of the Road'' (1920)
* '' Ernest Maltravers'' (1920)
* '' Dangerous Li ...
as Reverend Farrant
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Warburton Gamble
Evelyn Charles Warburton Gamble (16 December 1882 – 27 August 1945) was a British stage and film actor.
Gamble was born on 16 December 1882 in London and acted on stage professionally as early as 1905. His work on stage included a season o ...
as Leonard Pearce
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Clifford Grey
Clifford Grey (5 January 1887 – 25 September 1941) was an English songwriter, librettist, actor and screenwriter. His birth name was Percival Davis, and he was also known as Clifford Gray.
Grey contributed prolifically to West End and Br ...
as Franklin Bond
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Minna Grey
Minna Grey (1877 in London, England – 1935) was an English actress of the silent era.
Death
Grey died in 1935, 2 days before her 59th birthday.
Selected filmography
* '' The Shulamite'' (1915)
* ''Just a Girl'' (1916)
* ''The Second Mrs. Tan ...
as Olive Farrant
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Harry Ham
Harry Ham (25 May 1886 – 27 July 1943) was a Canadian actor from Napanee, Ontario. He died in 1943 in Beverly Hills, California.
Selected filmography
Actor
* ''Betty in Search of a Thrill'' (1915)
* ''Nearly a Lady'' (1915)
* '' 'Twas Ever ...
as Phelps Westcott
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Philip Hewland
Philip Hewland (12 December 1876, Gravesend, Kent, England – 1953, Ealing, London) was a British actor. He had one son Ivor and a granddaughter Domini.
Selected filmography
* '' The Christian'' (1915)
* '' His Daughter's Dilemma'' (1916)
* ''Ar ...
as Doctor
* Daisy Sloane as Nanette
See also
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Alfred Hitchcock filmography
Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980) was an English director and filmmaker. Popularly known as the "Master of Suspense" for his use of innovative film techniques in thrillers, Hitchcock started his career in the British film industry as a title design ...
References
External links
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1921 films
1921 drama films
1921 lost films
Lost British films
British silent feature films
British black-and-white films
Films directed by Paul Powell (director)
Lost drama films
1920s British films
Silent British drama films
1920s English-language films
English-language drama films
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