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The Joyous Liar

Everyone hates a liar, but when it is done to protect a girl's name -Well that's different.
Dec 1, 1919 · 50m
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Comedy
Crime

PLOT

Burke Harlan an artist, saves Anne Warren from auto thieves, but he is wrongfully arrested and accused of stealing her car. The girl's father is a criminologist and has Harlan released into his custody as he would like to try to reform the young man. Harlan finds this highly amusing and goes along with the idea, mainly because it will allow him to be nearer lovely Anne. He does his best at convincing he is a delinquent, however Anne has a beau who is the police commissioner. But the clever Harlan outwits everyone and elopes with Anne before revealing his true identity.

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CAST

J. Warren Kerrigan
Burke Harlan
Lillian Walker
Anne Warren
Joseph J. Dowling
Wilbur Warren
Pell Trenton
Jimmy MacDonald
Alfred Hollingsworth
James MacDonald, Sr.
Albert R. Cody
James Roth
Directed by Ernest C. Warde

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Robert Brunton Productions, J. Warren Kerrigan Productions
Country
US

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