The Innocent Lie

The Innocent Lie

50 mins | Drama | April 20, 1916

Nora O'Brien leaves Ireland to visit her brother in America. On the trip she suffers a concussion, and soon is mistaken for another Irish girl named Nora who is on her way to visit her aunt in the US, Mrs. Watson, who has not seen her niece in many years. Nora, still somewhat dazed from her injury, is taken to the Watsons' home, and when Mrs. Watson's son Jack returns from college, he falls in love with her but cannot express it to her because he believes she is his cousin. Complications ensue.

The Innocent Lie

50 mins | Drama | April 20, 1916

The Innocent Lie
Nora O'Brien leaves Ireland to visit her brother in America. On the trip she suffers a concussion, and soon is mistaken for another Irish girl named Nora who is on her way to visit her aunt in the US, Mrs. Watson, who has not seen her niece in many years. Nora, still somewhat dazed from her injury, is taken to the Watsons' home, and when Mrs. Watson's son Jack returns from college, he falls in love with her but cannot express it to her because he believes she is his cousin. Complications ensue.
Producers
Original title The Innocent Lie
Directors Sidney Olcott
Writers Lois Zellner, Hugh Ford

Cast

Valentine Grant

as Nora O'Brien

J.J. Clark

as Terry O'Brien

J. Morris Foster

as Pat O'Brien

Hunter Arden

as Nora Owen

Robert Cain

as Capt. Stewart

Helen Lindroth

as Mrs. Winters

William Courtleigh Jr.

as Young Winters

Frank Losee

as Mr. Winters