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The Lie

191850mNRMovieDrama

Elinor Shale's happiness at being engaged to Gerald Forster is interrupted by the arrival of her sister Lucy, who confesses that she will soon give birth to an illegitimate child. Elinor goes into seclusion with her sister until the baby…

DirectorJ. Searle Dawley

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Cast · Directed by J. Searle Dawley

EFElsie Ferguson
Elsie Ferguson
Elinor Shale
DPDavid Powell
David Powell
Gerald Forster
JS
John L. Shine
Sir Robert Shale
PMPercy Marmont
Percy Marmont
Nol Dibdin
CS
Charles Sutton
Hamp
BK
Bertha Kent
Gibbard
MGMaude Turner Gordon
Maude Turner Gordon
Lady Beachworth
BHBetty Howe
Betty Howe
Lucy Shale

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