The Garden of Lies

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The Garden of Lies
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Directed by Jack Pratt
Written by Louis Reeves Harrison
Based onnovel, Garden of Lies, by Justus Miles Forman
Produced byAll Star Feature Corp
Starring Jane Cowl
William Russell
CinematographyWilliam C. Thompson
Production
company
All Star Feature Film Corporation
Distributed by Alco Film Corporation
Universal Film Manufacturing Company (as Broadway Universal Feature)
Release date
  • July 12, 1915 (1915-07-12)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUSA
LanguagesSilent, English titles

The Garden of Lies is a lost [1] 1915 silent film drama directed by Jack Pratt and starring in her debut stage actress Jane Cowl. It was based on a novel by Justus Miles Forman who perished on the Lusitania that same year. The Universal Film Manufacturing Company handled the distribution. [2] [3]

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The film was shot in Jacksonville, Florida, St. Augustine, Florida, parts of Louisiana, and other areas around the Gulf of Mexico.

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