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Lying Lips (1921 film)

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Wikipedia article




'Lying Lips' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by John Griffith Wray and starring House Peters, Florence Vidor, and Joseph Kilgour. Produced by the independent producer Thomas H. Ince for the short-lived Associated Producers company, the film was a financial success, grossing $446,000 against a budget of $263,000.Taves p.168 It is based on a story by the British writer May Edginton.

Synopsis



An English aristocrat is engaged to be married, but before her wedding she visits Canada where she falls in love with a rancher. On her return to London she faces the difficult of reconciling her love against fears of hardship.

Cast



* House Peters as Blair Cornwall

* Florence Vidor as Nancy Abbott

* Joseph Kilgour as William Chase

* Margaret Livingston as Lelia Dodson

* Margaret Campbell as Mrs. Abbott

* Edith Murgatroyd as Mrs. Prospect

* Calvert Carter as Horace Prospect

* Emmett King as John Warren

Preservation



A fragment of 'Lying Lips' is held in the Ince collection.[http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2010/default.html Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: 'Lying Lips']

References



Bibliography



* Taves, Brian. 'Thomas Ince: Hollywood's Independent Pioneer'. University Press of Kentucky, 2012.


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