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The Lying Truth

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The Lying Truth
Directed byMarion Fairfax
Written byMarion Fairfax
Produced byMarion Fairfax
StarringNoah Beery
Marjorie Daw
Tully Marshall
CinematographyRené Guissart
Production
companies
Eagle Producing Company
Marion Fairfax Productions
Distributed byAmerican Releasing Corporation
Release date
  • March 26, 1922 (1922-03-26)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Lying Truth is a 1922 American silent drama film written and directed by Marion Fairfax and starring Noah Beery, Marjorie Daw and Tully Marshall.[1] It would be the first and only directorial outing for screenwriter Fairfax.[2]

Plot

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Cast

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Preservation

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The Lying Truth is currently presumed lost.[3] In February of 2021, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.[4]

References

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  1. Munden p.470
  2. "AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Lying Truth". afi.com. Retrieved April 27, 2026.
  3. "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Lying Truth". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved April 27, 2026. Cite error: Unknown parameter "loc" in <ref> tag; supported parameters are dir, follow, group, name (see the help page).
  4. "7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films (1912-29)" (PDF). National Film Preservation Board. Retrieved April 27, 2026.

Bibliography

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  • Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
  • Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
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