The Garden of Lies (1915)
Melodrama | 12 July 1915
Cast:
Jane Cowl, William Russell, Philip Hahn [ More ]Director:
John H. PrattWriter:
Louis Reeves HarrisonProduction Designer:
Allen FarnhamProduction Company:
All Star Feature Corp.This was Broadway actress Jane Cowl's first film as an actress. She later wrote several screenplays, beginning in 1918.
The 19 December 1914 Motion Picture News announced that Jane Cowl, director Jack H. Pratt, and the rest of the company for The Garden of Lies had just returned from St. Augustine, FL, having left New York four weeks earlier, on 22 November. The 26 December 1915 Moving Picture World added, "Several magnificent southern mansions were leased for a short period and so elegantly were those homes furnished that Augustus Thomas, who accompanied the players, decided to stage his interiors there also. One of the mansions was wired and equipped and two reels of interior scenes made therein." The 19 December 1914 Motography and 9 January 1915 Moving Picture World also mentioned that filming was also done in Jacksonville, FL, on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, and in southern Louisiana.
The original release date for The Garden of Lies was 4 January 1915, but the bankruptcy of All Star Feature Corp. put the film on hold for several months until Universal stepped in and acquired it "for a large amount of money," according to the 24 July 1915 ^Moving Picture World. Universal took advantage of Miss Cowl's presence in the film by releasing it as part of the company's Broadway Universal series.
Two other plays were based on the novel by Justus Miles Forman. Sydney Grundy adapted it for a production that opened in New York on 4 Sep 1904; and George H. Broadhurst wrote a play, founded on the book, that opened in ...
This was Broadway actress Jane Cowl's first film as an actress. She later wrote several screenplays, beginning in 1918.
The 19 December 1914 Motion Picture News announced that Jane Cowl, director Jack H. Pratt, and the rest of the company for The Garden of Lies had just returned from St. Augustine, FL, having left New York four weeks earlier, on 22 November. The 26 December 1915 Moving Picture World added, "Several magnificent southern mansions were leased for a short period and so elegantly were those homes furnished that Augustus Thomas, who accompanied the players, decided to stage his interiors there also. One of the mansions was wired and equipped and two reels of interior scenes made therein." The 19 December 1914 Motography and 9 January 1915 Moving Picture World also mentioned that filming was also done in Jacksonville, FL, on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, and in southern Louisiana.
The original release date for The Garden of Lies was 4 January 1915, but the bankruptcy of All Star Feature Corp. put the film on hold for several months until Universal stepped in and acquired it "for a large amount of money," according to the 24 July 1915 ^Moving Picture World. Universal took advantage of Miss Cowl's presence in the film by releasing it as part of the company's Broadway Universal series.
Two other plays were based on the novel by Justus Miles Forman. Sydney Grundy adapted it for a production that opened in New York on 4 Sep 1904; and George H. Broadhurst wrote a play, founded on the book, that opened in Los Angeles on 28 May 1910. It is uncertain if either play served as the basis for the film.
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of January 2021.
On a honeymoon excursion, American Eleanor Mannering, who has chosen Prince Carl of Novodna for her husband, develops amnesia resulting from an auto wreck. Carl, who had to leave because his father, the king, was dying, places her temporarily in the hands of his advisor, Von Aldorz, and Dr. McKenzie. The doctor, who believes that she may lose all reason unless her husband returns, finds Dennis Mallory, an American adventurer, to pose as the prince. They fall in love, and Eleanor recovers, but when Carl, now the king, returns unexpectedly and sees them embracing, he challenges Mallory to a duel. After Mallory disarms him, Carl tells Eleanor that Mallory is an impostor, and even though the physician explains that the ruse was necessary, Eleanor sends Mallory and Carl away. When Novodna's prime minister, Baron Von Steinberck, abducts Eleanor, Mallory, followed by Carl, finds them in a deserted castle. Steinberck wounds Mallory and kills Carl, and Eleanor is freed. When Mallory, near death, deliriously calls for Eleanor, Dr. Mckenzie tells her that his life depends upon her. She kneels beside him, and they ...
On a honeymoon excursion, American Eleanor Mannering, who has chosen Prince Carl of Novodna for her husband, develops amnesia resulting from an auto wreck. Carl, who had to leave because his father, the king, was dying, places her temporarily in the hands of his advisor, Von Aldorz, and Dr. McKenzie. The doctor, who believes that she may lose all reason unless her husband returns, finds Dennis Mallory, an American adventurer, to pose as the prince. They fall in love, and Eleanor recovers, but when Carl, now the king, returns unexpectedly and sees them embracing, he challenges Mallory to a duel. After Mallory disarms him, Carl tells Eleanor that Mallory is an impostor, and even though the physician explains that the ruse was necessary, Eleanor sends Mallory and Carl away. When Novodna's prime minister, Baron Von Steinberck, abducts Eleanor, Mallory, followed by Carl, finds them in a deserted castle. Steinberck wounds Mallory and kills Carl, and Eleanor is freed. When Mallory, near death, deliriously calls for Eleanor, Dr. Mckenzie tells her that his life depends upon her. She kneels beside him, and they embrace.
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