''The Garden of Lies'' is a

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1915 silent film drama directed by

Jack Pratt Jack Pratt, born John Harold Pratt, (1878–1938) was a Canadian film director and actor. He directed several films and acted in dozens more. As a director, his work included screen adaptations of novels. Known as Smiling Jack, he married ac ...

and starring in her debut stage actress

Jane Cowl Jane Cowl (December 14, 1883 – June 22, 1950) was an American film and stage actress and playwright "notorious for playing lachrymose parts". Actress Jane Russell was named in Cowl's honor. Biography Cowl was born Jane Bailey in Boston, Mas ...

. It was based on a novel by

Justus Miles Forman Justus Miles Forman (November 1, 1875 – May 7, 1915) was an American novelist and playwright. Biography Forman was born on November 1, 1875, in Le Roy, New York. He attended Yale University. His only play, ''The Hyphen'', appeared in 1 ...

who perished on the '' Lusitania'' that same year. The Universal Film Manufacturing Company handled the distribution.The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:''The Garden of Lies''
/ref> The film was shot in

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, St. Augustine, Florida, parts of Louisiana, and other areas around the Gulf of Mexico.

Cast

- Eleanor Mannering/Princess Eleanor * William Russell - Dennis Mallory *

Philip Hahn Philip Hahn (1884-August 4, 1976) was an American actor. He was in silent films including the lead role in ''The Price He Paid'', an adaptation of an Ella Wheeler Wilcox poem, and ''The Dancer's Peril''. According to ''Motography'' he was a painter ...

- Prince Carl *

Violet Horner Violet Horner (1892 – 1970) was an American silent film actress. She had several starring roles including in one of the Lena Rivers (1914 Whitman film), Lena Rivers films (based on the Mary Jane Holmes novel) released in 1914 and a series of f ...

- Jessica Mannering *Ethelbert Hale - Von Aldorz *David Wall - Dr. Mackenzie * Claude Cooper - Baron Von Steinbreck *Adele Carson - The Maid

References

External links

The Garden of Lies @ IMDb.com
*
a reprint
of the book after the film came out with Jane Cowl's likeness on the cover 1915 films American silent feature films Universal Pictures films Lost American films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films 1915 drama films Films directed by Jack Pratt 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub