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The Liar (I) (1918)
50 min | Drama

The Liar (I) (1918)

50 min | Drama

Sam Harris, a black worker on the sugar plantation of Hugh Houston in Puerto Rico, is crippled for life when Houston beats him. Huston silences Harris with money and promises him a monthly allotment for the rest of his life. Houston's ...See moreSam Harris, a black worker on the sugar plantation of Hugh Houston in Puerto Rico, is crippled for life when Houston beats him. Huston silences Harris with money and promises him a monthly allotment for the rest of his life. Houston's secretary, Franklin Harvey, is puzzled by Harris' regular appearances at Houston's office. When Houston's daughter Sybil, who lives in Boston, visits her father, she so enchants Harvey that he becomes fiercely determined to marry her. Sybil repulses Franklin's attentions, and after her father dies, Franklin tries to prevent her marriage to the man she loves, John Carter, by falsifying Houston's marriage certificate, substituting the name of Harris' mother for that of Sybil's own. When he threatens to reveal to John that Sybil is part black, she orders him to leave but is later haunted by the fear that her child will be born black. Franklin angrily tells his story to John, and while the two men fight, Sybil rushes into the next room and apparently shoots herself. Remorseful at the thought that Sybil killed herself because of him, Franklin confesses his lie, but Sybil appears at the door unharmed and says she knew he was lying. Written by AFI See less

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Virginia Pearson Sybil Houston Sybil Houston See fewer	Impossible Catherine (1919)
Alexander F. Frank Hugh Houston (as Alexander Frank) Hugh Houston (as Alexander Frank) See fewer	A Suspicious Wife (1914)
Edward Roseman Franklin Harvey (as Edward F. Roseman) Franklin Harvey (as Edward F. Roseman) See fewer	Fantomas (1920)
Victor Sutherland John Carter John Carter See fewer	The Unchastened Woman (1918)
Eugene Borden Jimmie Marsh Jimmie Marsh See fewer	All About Eve (1950)
Albert Roccardi Sam Harris Sam Harris See fewer	Sunken Silver (1925)
Liane Held Carrera Mary Elliott Mary Elliott See fewer	The Fall of a Nation (1916)
Myra Brooks Mammy Lou (as Myra Brooke) Mammy Lou (as Myra Brooke) See fewer	The Knife (1918)
Mathilde Brundage Mrs. Elliott (as Matilda Brundage) Mrs. Elliott (as Matilda Brundage) See fewer	Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1917)