The Lie

Overview

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 is born and then tries to find a foster mother. Seeking to estrange Gerald from Elinor so that she may marry him herself, Lucy convinces him that Elinor is the child's mother. After Lucy and Gerald's marriage, Elinor learns of her sister's perfidy and resolves to tell Gerald the truth, but at the sight of their happiness, she relents and returns home.

Directed by J. Searle Dawley

Top cast

Elsie Ferguson

Elinor Shale

David Powell

Gerald Forster

J

John L. Shine

Sir Robert Shale

Percy Marmont

Nol Dibdin

C

Charles Sutton

Hamp

B

Bertha Kent

Gibbard

Maude Turner Gordon

Lady Beachworth

Betty Howe

Lucy Shale

Details