A Truthful Liar
(1924) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Hampton Del Ruth
Cast: Will Rogers [Ambassador Alfalfa Doolittle], Jack Ackroyd [Flunky], Richard Pennell (R.O. Pennell) [the king], Jack Cooper [the prince], Beth Darlington [Mary Doolittle], Madge Hunt [Agatha Doolittle], William Gillespie [Count De Cassarole], Sammy Brooks [a townsman]
Hal Roach Studios, Incorporated, production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Produced by Hal Roach. Cinematography by Robert V. Doran. Film editor, Thomas J. Crizer. Intertitles written by H.M. Walker. / Released 17 August 1924. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was banned by the British Board of Film Censors in 1924.
Comedy.
Survival status: Print exists in a private film collection [small-gauge reduction positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 29 August 2011.
References: Robertson-British p. 186; Weaver-Twenty p. 309 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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