The House of Lies
Cast & Crew
William D. Taylor
Edna Goodrich
Juan De La Cruz
Kathleen Kirkham
Lucille Ward
Harold Holland
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Synopsis
With her late husband's legacy dwindling, Mrs. Coleman decides that her daughter Dorothy and her stepdaughter Edna must marry wealthy men. Refusing to trade her beauty for a rich husband, however, Edna purposely disfigures herself with acid. For ruining much of Mrs. Coleman's master plan, the family ostracizes Edna, who watches as her stepmother snares the wealthy poet, Marcus Auriel, for Dorothy. Edna, who has always loved Marcus, gets a job as his secretary, and then exposes Dorothy and Mrs. Coleman as matrimonial cutthroats. Impressed by her concern, Marcus asks Edna to marry him despite her scars. Then, on the wedding day, Edna appears as she did before her "disfigurement," and discloses that the acid had not been real, and that her "scars" were the product of grease paint.
Director
William D. Taylor
Cast
Edna Goodrich
Juan De La Cruz
Kathleen Kirkham
Lucille Ward
Harold Holland
Herbert Standing
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Notes
The title of the original scenario was "Body or Soul."
