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The Joyous Liar(1919)
Status: Released
Date: 1919-12-01
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Everyone hates a liar, but when it is done to protect a girl's name -Well that's different.
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Burke Harlan an artist, saves Anne Warren from auto thieves, but he is wrongfully arrested and accused of stealing her car. The girl's father is a criminologist and has Harlan released into his custody as he would like to try to reform the young man. Harlan finds this highly amusing and goes along with the idea, mainly because it will allow him to be nearer lovely Anne. He does his best at convincing he is a delinquent, however Anne has a beau who is the police commissioner. But the clever Harlan outwits everyone and elopes with Anne before revealing his true identity.
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United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Robert Brunton Productions
J. Warren Kerrigan Productions
Movie: The Joyous Liar
Top 6 Billed Cast
J. Warren Kerrigan
Burke Harlan
Lillian Walker
Anne Warren
Joseph J. Dowling
Wilbur Warren
Pell Trenton
Jimmy MacDonald
Alfred Hollingsworth
James MacDonald, Sr.
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Burke Harlan an artist, saves Anne Warren from auto thieves, but he is wrongfully arrested and accused of stealing her car. The girl's father is a criminologist and has Harlan released into his custody as he would like to try to reform the young man. Harlan finds this highly amusing and goes along with the idea, mainly because it will allow him to be nearer lovely Anne. He does his best at convincing he is a delinquent, however Anne has a beau who is the police commissioner. But the clever Harlan outwits everyone and elopes with Anne before revealing his true identity.
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1919-12-01
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Everyone hates a liar, but when it is done to protect a girl's name -Well that's different.
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