''The Lie'' is a 1918 American 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 ...

produced by

Famous Players-Lasky Famous Players-Lasky Corporation was an American motion picture and distribution company formed on June 28, 1916, from the merger of Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company—originally formed by Zukor as Famous Players in Famous Plays—and ...

and distributed by Artcraft Pictures, an affiliate of Paramount.

J. Searle Dawley James Searle Dawley (October 4, 1877 – March 30, 1949) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, stage actor, and playwright. Between 1907 and the mid-1920s, while working for Edison, Rex Motion Picture Company, Famous Player ...

directed and stage star

Elsie Ferguson Elsie Louise Ferguson (August 19, 1883 – November 15, 1961) was an American stage and film actress. Early life Born in New York City, Elsie Ferguson was the only child of Hiram and Amelia Ferguson. Her father was a successful attorney. Raise ...

starred in a story based on a 1914 play by

Henry Arthur Jones Henry Arthur Jones (20 September 1851 – 7 January 1929) was an English dramatist, who was first noted for his melodrama '' The Silver King'' (1882), and went on to write prolifically, often appearing to mirror Ibsen from the opposite (conserv ...

and starring Margaret Illington. The film is now

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Cast

as Elinor Shale * David Powell as Gerald Forster *John L. Shine as Sir Robert Shale *

Percy Marmont Percy Marmont (25 November 1883 – 3 March 1977) was an English film actor. Biography Marmont appeared in more than 80 films between 1916 and 1968. A veteran film actor by 1923, he scored a big hit that year in ''If Winter Comes'', later rem ...

as Nol Dibdin * Charles Sutton as Hamp *Bertha Kent as Gibbard *

Maude Turner Gordon Maude Turner Gordon (November 10, 1868 – January 12, 1940) was an American actress who appeared in 81 films between 1914 and 1938. Biography Born in Franklin, Indiana, Gordon was the daughter of Alexander and Nancy Wright Turner. She wa ...

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.

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Still photo of scene with Elsie Ferguson, Betty Howe, and David Powell
(Powell erroneously referred to as Norman Kerry)
Lantern slide
1918 films American silent feature films Famous Players-Lasky films American films based on plays Films directed by J. Searle Dawley Lost American films 1918 drama films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films 1918 lost films Lost drama films Censored films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub

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