When False Tongues Speak

When False Tongues Speak

1917 · 50 min · Drama

After Mary Page marries Fred Walton, she soon discovers that he is a womanizer. She tries to ignore Fred's affairs but, refuses to file for divorce even when Platt Sinclair, her husband's lawyer, urges her to do so. Mary does not realize that Sinclair is actually helping Fred, who is in love with his current mistress, Helen Lee, and wants to marry her. To escape her misery, Mary organizes a settlement house in the slums and there meets reporter Eric Mann, with whom she becomes very close.

Directed by Carl Harbaugh

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Virginia Pearson Mary Page Walton
Carl Harbaugh Fred Walton
Hardee Kirkland Platt Sinclair
Claire Whitney Helen Lee
Carl Eckstrom Eric Mann
William E. Meehan Jimmy Hope

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