''The Lady Lies'' is a 1929 American

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drama film directed by

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, and starring

Walter Huston Walter Thomas Huston ( ;According to the Province of Ontario. ''Ontario, C ...

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and

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. As was common during the early sound era,

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s were shot at the

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for release in their respective markets including a Swedish version '' The Two of Us''.

Plot

Children of a widower who is having an affair with a salesgirl try to break it up but are won over by the girl.

Cast

Walter Huston Walter Thomas Huston ( ;According to the Province of Ontario. ''Ontario, C ...

as Robert Rossiter *

as Joyce Roamer *

as Charlie Tayler * Tom Brown as Bob Rossiter * Betty Garde as Hilda Pearson *

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as Ann Gardner *

Duncan Penwarden Duncan Penwarden (born William Duncan Penwarden; February 9, 1880 – September 13, 1930) was a Canadian-American film and stage actor. Penwarden was born in Mabou, British Nova Scotia, the eldest of seven siblings raised by English immigrants, R ...

as Henry Tuttle *

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as Amelia Tuttle

Filming locations

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Ave.,

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Notes

External links

* * * 1929 films American black-and-white films Paramount Pictures films 1929 drama films American drama films Films produced by Walter Wanger 1920s English-language films Films with screenplays by Garrett Fort Films shot in Los Angeles 1920s American films {{1920s-drama-film-stub