Garments of Truth


1921

Film Details

Genre
Comedy
Release Date
Oct 5, 1921
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
S-L Pictures
Distribution Company
Metro Pictures Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "Garments of Truth" by Freeman Tilden in Pictorial Review (May 1921).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
4,968ft (5 reels)

Synopsis

Lester Crope, who has a penchant for inventing imaginative stories, alarms his village by reporting that the dam above the mayor's house has burst; and incidentally he "saves" the life of Catherine Willis, the mayor's niece. The town council sends Lester to Dr. Mills of Boston to be treated for his condition. Now cured, his propensity for telling the truth on all occasions upsets the village life: he works in a grocery store and informs customers of stale products; also, he ruins a real estate deal that would have meant prosperity for the town. Dr. Mills states that the only way to return Lester to his former safe tricks will be to arrange that he fall in love. Lester gets a job as railway ticket agent, and seeing Catherine, the girl he loves, stepping from a train, he once again becomes excited and begins telling stories of hunting down bandits in Arizona; once again he is a harmless liar.

Film Details

Genre
Comedy
Release Date
Oct 5, 1921
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
S-L Pictures
Distribution Company
Metro Pictures Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "Garments of Truth" by Freeman Tilden in Pictorial Review (May 1921).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
4,968ft (5 reels)

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