The Lie is a 1918 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Artcraft Pictures, an affiliate of Paramount.

J. Searle Dawley directed and stage star Elsie Ferguson starred in a story based on a 1914 play by Henry Arthur Jones and starring Margaret Illington.

[1][2][3] Like many American films of the time, The Lie was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards.

For example, the Chicago Board of Censors issued an Adults Only permit for the film.

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