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
Written by	Charles Maigne (scenario)
Based on	The Lie by Henry Arthur Jones
Produced by	Adolph Zukor
Starring	Elsie Ferguson
Cinematography	H. Lyman Broening
Distributed by	Artcraft Pictures
Release date	April 14, 1918 (1918-04-14)
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

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

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