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.
Plot An English aristocrat, Nancy Abbott, is engaged to be married to William Chase, but before her wedding she visits Canada where she falls in love with Blair Cornwall, a rancher. On her return to London, she faces the difficulty 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.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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