Film

When False Tongues Speak

1917 · 50m · 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.

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

• Carl HarbaughDirector

Release date

September 8, 1917

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

50m

Genres

Drama