''The Ladder of Lies'' is a

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1920 American silent

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directed by Tom Forman and written by

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from a story by Harold Vickers. The film stars

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, Clyde Fillmore,

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, Charles Meredith, and Ruth Ashby. The film was released on July 11, 1920, by

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Plot

Edith Parrish is a magazine illustrator whose publisher friend, Peter Gordon, has married an "unworthy wife", Dora Leroy. To keep her friend from being shattered by his wife's infidelity with Ralph Brent, Edith begins a series of lies to coverup the affair. However, this leads to suspicion that she is having a romance with Brent, which causes her true love, John Blaine to doubt her. Brent, who respects Edith, comes clean to Blaine about the situation, and Edith and him are reconciled. Sources:

Cast

as Edith Parrish *

Clyde Fillmore Clyde Fillmore (October 25, 1874''Who Was Who on Screen''Silent Film Necrology'' p.170 2nd Edition by Eugene M. Vazzana c.2001 – December 19, 1946), born Clyde Fogle, was an American actor of stage and screen. He is best remembered for a 1 ...

as Peter Gordon *

as Dora Leroy *

as Ralph Brent * Charles Meredith as John Blaine *Ruth Ashby as Maid

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* * 1920 films 1920s English-language films Silent American drama films 1920 drama films Paramount Pictures films Films directed by Tom Forman Lost American drama films American black-and-white films American silent feature films 1920 lost films English-language drama films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub