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She Loves and Lies
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Wikipedia article
'She Loves and Lies' is a 1920 American silent comedy drama film directed by Chester Withey and starring Norma Talmadge, Conway Tearle, and Octavia Broske.[https://web.archive.org/web/20161009164830/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=17934 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: 'She Loves and Lies']
An incomplete surviving print is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/SheLovesAndLies1920.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'She Loves and Lies'] at silentera.com[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2208/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'She Loves and Lies']
The film had the working title 'Two Women'.
Plot
As described in a film magazine, Marie Callender (Talmadge) becomes engaged to a wealthy Lothario, but regrets it after Ernest Lismore (Tearle), who is in financial difficulties, rescues her from a burning building. She breaks the engagement but is left the wealthy man's fortune. Learning of Ernest's predicament, she poses as an elderly woman and proposes that Ernest marry her to save himself from financial ruin. He agrees, and after their marriage Marie poses as a painter in the bohemian quarter of the city to see if Ernest will love her. After several difficulties Marie removes her wig and Ernest happily discovers that she is the painter who won his heart.
Cast
* Norma Talmadge as Marie Callender / Marie Max / June Dayne
* Conway Tearle as Ernest Lismore
* Octavia Broske as Polly Poplar
* Phillips Tead as Bob Brummel
* Ida Darling as Carrie Chisholm
* John T. Dillon (minor role)
* Eva Gordon (minor role)
References
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