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  • The Silent Lie (1917)
  • 60 min | Drama
The Silent Lie (1917)
60 min | Drama

Lady Lou is forced by Hatfield, her cruel foster father, into the dance hall life at a brutal lumber camp. Through the efforts of a stranger who is secretly in love with her, Lou escapes to a neighboring camp where she meets and marries ...See moreLady Lou is forced by Hatfield, her cruel foster father, into the dance hall life at a brutal lumber camp. Through the efforts of a stranger who is secretly in love with her, Lou escapes to a neighboring camp where she meets and marries the lumberjack Conahan without telling him of her past. Lou's unsavory past is finally revealed in a confrontation with her foster father, and her husband turns from her in disgust. She is once again saved by the stranger's intervention when he tells Conahan the truth about the girl's life. After Conahan's and Lou's reconciliation, the stranger, no longer needed, wanders alone into the snow. See less
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Director
Raoul Walsh (as R.A. Walsh)
Writers
Chester B. Clapp (scenario) (as C.B. Clapp) | Larry Evans (short story "Conahan")
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Updated May 28, 1917

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May 28, 1917 (United States)

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