Loving Lies

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Loving Lies
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Film poster
Directed by W. S. Van Dyke
Written by Thompson Buchanan
Based on"The Harbor Bar"
by Peter B. Kyne
Starring Evelyn Brent
Production
company
Associated Authors
Distributed byAllied Producers & Distributors Corporation
Release date
  • January 22, 1924 (1924-01-22)
Running time
7 reels
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Loving Lies is a 1924 silent American silent drama film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring Evelyn Brent and Monte Blue. [1] [2]

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, [3] just after Ellen Craig has married Dan Stover, captain of a tug boat, she discovers that his new boss, Tom Hayden, is a former sweetheart of hers that she had discarded. Tom cleverly uses his position to arouse jealousy and marital misunderstandings between Dan and Ellen, and succeeds in this by exposing the white lies which Dan has told his wife to keep her from worrying about him while he is at sea. The climax of these complications is reached when Dan is called upon to brave a severe storm, taking his tug to rescue a steamship on which his wife is fleeing with Tom, who has finally falsely persuaded her that her husband is infatuated with another woman. By a superhuman effort, Dan reaches the steamer just in time to save his wife using a breeches buoy from the swaying rigging of the wreck while Tom perishes in the raging waters.

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of Loving Lies located in any film archives, [4] it is a lost film. [2]

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References

  1. "Silent Era: Loving Lies". silentera.com. Retrieved September 5, 2011.
  2. 1 2 Kear, Lynn (2009). Evelyn Brent: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Lady Crook. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p. 138. ISBN   978-0-7864-4363-5.
  3. Pardy, George T. (January 12, 1924). "Box Office Reviews: Loving Lies". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation. 15 (8): 20. Retrieved June 28, 2022.PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. "Loving Lies". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Retrieved January 9, 2014.