The Lady Who Lied

The Lady Who Lied is a 1925 American silent melodrama film produced and distributed by First National Pictures and based on a novel by Robert Hichens. Edwin Carewe directed, and Nita Naldi, and Lewis Stone star.[1][2] The film has the distinction of being the feature attraction of the gala opening of the Uptown Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, on August 18, 1925.[3]

The Lady Who Lied
Lobby card
Directed byEdwin Carewe
Written byMadge Tyrone
Lois Leeson
Based onSnake Bite
by Robert Hichens
Produced byFirst National Pictures
Edwin Carewe
StarringVirginia Valli
Nita Naldi
Lewis Stone
CinematographyRobert Kurrle
Al Green (additional photography)
Edited byLeRoy Stone
Distributed byFirst National Pictures
Release date
  • July 12, 1925 (1925-07-12)
Running time
8 reels; 7,111 feet
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,[4] Fay Kennion becomes engaged to Horace Pierpont, but breaks the engagement when she sees the young woman Fifi in a negligee in Horace's Venice hotel apartment. She goes to Beni-Mora in the Sahara where, to spite her former lover, she marries Dr. Alan Mortimer, who had long been in love with her. Horace follows her and, when Fay learns that the woman in the apartment in Venice had been trying to blackmail him, their friendship is renewed. Horace takes Fay and her husband on a trip across the desert. Alan's suspicions are aroused and, when Horace is bitten by a snake, he refuses to provide medical aid until he learns the truth about the relations between his wife and her former lover. They both lie at first, but then Horace insists on telling the truth before allowing Alan to save him from death from the snakebite. The former lovers separate, and the husband and wife start back towards Beni-Mora. While in route they are waylaid by desert bandits who kill Alan, leaving Fay free to follow her heart with Horace.

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of The Lady Who Lied located in any film archives,[5] it is a lost film.[6]

References
  1. Progressive Silent Film List: The Lady Who Lied at silentera.com
  2. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 published by The American Film Institute, c.1871
  3. Uptown Theatre History
  4. "New Pictures: The Lady Who Lied", Exhibitors Herald, Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company, 22 (4): 55, July 18, 1925, retrieved June 14, 2022 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Lady Who Lied
  6. The Lady Who Lied at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: First National Pictures 1925
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