Gilded Lies

Release Date: 1921-03-04

Overview: When Keene McComb, a young explorer on an expedition to the North Pole, is given up for lost, his fiancée, Hester Thorpe, is coerced by an ambitious aunt into marrying Martin Ward, a man of reputed wealth. McComb survives, however, and returns to New York a few hours after the marriage. Later, Hester seeks his protection when Ward strikes her because of her refusal to ask McComb for money, and when it appears that Ward has committed suicide she and McComb are married. Ward is still alive, however, but he meets his death on a rocky precipice.

Rating: 0 / 10

Cast

Eugene O'Brien

as Keene McComb

Martha Mansfield

as Hester Thorpe

Frank Whitson

as Martin Ward

George Stewart

as Andrew Scott

Arthur Donaldson

as Major Burns