Garments of Truth

Garments of Truth

1921 · 50 min · ★ 10.0 · Comedy

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; 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 village life: he works in a grocery store and informs customers of stale products; he also 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.

Directed by George D. Baker · Written by Freeman Tilden

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Gareth Hughes Lester Crope
Ethel Grandin Catherine Willis
John Steppling Deacon Ballantine
Frances Raymond Mrs. Ballantine
Margaret McWade Mrs. Crope
Graham Pettie Mr. Crope
Frank Norcross James H. Barnes
Harry Lorraine Alex Hawley
Walter Perry Nat Sears
Herbert Fortier Dr. G. B. Palmer
Herbert Prior Dr. W.H. Palmer
Ilean Hume Tilly Snooks

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