Lying Lips (1921 film)

Lying Lips
Directed by	John Griffith Wray
Written by	May Edginton (story) Bradley King
Produced by	Thomas H. Ince
Starring	House Peters Florence Vidor Joseph Kilgour
Cinematography	Henry Sharp Charles J. Stumar
Production company	Thomas H. Ince Corporation
Distributed by	Associated Producers
Release date	January 30, 1921 (1921-01-30)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

References

1. Taves p.168
2. Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Lying Lips

Bibliography

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

External links

• Lying Lips at IMDb