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Lying Lips (1939)

Lying Lips poster
Directed by
Oscar Micheaux
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 08m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman faces troubling circumstances involving a violent crime. She must navigate false accusations and personal betrayals to clear her name.

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What happens

Lying Lips is a 1939 American melodrama race film written and directed by Oscar Micheaux who co-produced the film with aviator Hubert Fauntlenroy Julian, starring Edna Mae Harris, and Robert Earl Jones (the father of James Earl Jones). Lying Lips was the thirty-seventh film of Micheaux. The film was shot at the Biograph Studios in New York City. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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