The Moving Picture Weekly (1920-1921)

THE MOVING PiCTURE WEEKLY Service Page for "The Peddler of Lies" "At a Glance SUBJECT— "The Peddler of Lies." LEN<dTH— Six Reels. ST ASS— Prank Mayo and Ora Carew. PREVIOUS HITS— (Mayo) "The Brute Breaker" and "Lasca." (Miss Carew) "Loot" and "Under Suspicion." DIRECTED BY— William C. Dowlan. STORY BY— Henry C. Rowland in thexSaturday Evening Post. SCENARIO BY— Philip Hum. SUPPORTING CAST— Harold A. Miller, Truman Van Dyke, Bonnie Hill, James Barrow, Dagmar Godowsky, Flora HoUister, Ora Devereaux, Ray Ripley and William Brown. LOCALE — A magnificent suburban estate. TBUE— To-day. THUMB-NAIL THEME— The story of a gang of international crooks and its arrest by a Secret Service agent who disguises himself as a peddler. 'Advertising Punches 1 — ^The story appeared in the Satur day Evening Post. 2— The name of the author, the widely known Henry C. Rowland. S— The individual successes of Frank Mayo and Ora Carew, the stars. 4 — The luxurious magnificence of the production in the scenes. 5 — The presence in the strong supporting cast of Dagmaf Godowsky, daughter of Leopold Godowsky, the world-famous pianist. 6 — The romantic character portrayed by Mayo; a type refreshingly different from the usual run of screen leads. 7 — The fact that the royal family of Belgium was held up on the streets of Santa Barbara, Calif., while one scene of the photodrama was being filmed. 8 — A close glimpse of the always mysterious workings of the United States Secret Service. 9 — Beautiful photography, delightful bits of comedy and the dramatic punch of a master photodrama. CAST. Clamp _ Frank Mayo Diana Ora Carew Leontine De Valiignac. Bonnie Hill James Kirkland Harold A. Miller William Kirkland Truman Van Dyke Squire Kirkland ...._....'Jame8 Barrow Patricia Dagmar Godowsky Marquise D'Irancy Ora Devereaux Gwendolyn Flora Holiister Metcalf William Brown Stephan De Valiignac Ray Ripley The Kirkland Twins Hugh and Henry Johnson THE STORY. 'J'HE Kirkland family, consisting of the Squire, his daughter Diana, and his two sons, William and James, live in a fashionable summer colony where homes of wealth are a matter of course. Newcomers at the colony are Stephan and Leontine De Valiignac, presumably wealthy Parisians, and their ward, Patricia Melton, whose physical prowess and feline beauty have aroused the admiration of the younger set. The De Vallignacs have wormed themselves into the good graces of the Kirklands and the Metcalfs, a neighboring family. The Kirkland household is annoyed one day to see an old army truck amble through their grounds driven by a jovial chap named Clamp, whose dress suggests something of a French army uniform with the cap of a Breton fisherman. Clamp is picturesque and his quaint manner of speech and his gallantry appeals to Diana, who sees in him a new type of nian. The Marquise D'Irancy, a beautiful woman from Paris, is at the MetcsUf's as a guest. She numbers among her jewels the famous Sultana diamond of almost priceless value. She suddenly misses this jewel one evening at a reception in the Metcalf home. William, Diana's brother, is suspected because he had been with the Marquise that afternoon. She had suffered a fainting spell while they were together. Diana suspects Clamp because she saw him prowling in the vicinity that afternoon. She resents Clamp's interest in professing to shield William. Clamp finally reveals that he is a Government sleuth. .Together Clamp and Diana lay a trap for the crooks, the De Vallignacs and their pretty ward, three international criminals. After an exciting chase in the surf and later by motor-boat, automobile and motorcycle. Clamp rounds up the trio and turns them over to the police. Then whisks Diana away in his rattle-trap truck to the nearest parson. ADVERTISING DISPLAY LINES He looks like a gypsy, loves like a gypsy and fights like a doughboy. See Frank Mayo in his Universal Photodrama, "The Peddler of Lies." The Universal Photodrama, "The Peddler of Lies," was filmed from a Saturday Evening Post story by Henry C. Rowland. Dagmar Godowsky, daughter of Leopold Godowsky, the famous pianist, supports Frank Mayo and Ora Carew in "The Peddler of Ues." The Saturday Evening Post featured "The Peddler," by Henry C. Rowland. Universal has made it into a brilliant photoplay, Frank Mayo and Ora Carey starring. Frank Mayo, star of "The Brute Breaker," and Ora Carew, star of "Loot," are playing together in their Universal success, "The Peddler of Lies." Do you know to what extent government detectives go in the pursuit of international crooks? See "The Peddler of Lies."