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The Right to Lie (1919)
70 min | Drama

The Right to Lie (1919)

70 min | Drama

Carlotta was brought up in an Italian convent, unaware that she is the illegitimate child of American architect J. Winthrop Drake. When her mother, an Italian opera singer, dies, Drake finally learns of Carlotta's existence and brings her ...See moreCarlotta was brought up in an Italian convent, unaware that she is the illegitimate child of American architect J. Winthrop Drake. When her mother, an Italian opera singer, dies, Drake finally learns of Carlotta's existence and brings her back to New York with him without revealing the truth of their relationship. Drake's wife becomes jealous and throws Carlotta out of the house, but Drake puts her up in an apartment. Because of this living arrangement, Carlotta finds herself at the center of a scandal. Drake suffers a heart attack, but before he dies, he confesses to his wife that Carlotta is his daughter. Some time later, Carlotta becomes a successful pianist and marries Curtis Austin, but blackmailer Crosby Dana revives the old scandal and Curtis shoots and kills him. Curtis' almost-certain conviction is reversed when Carlotta takes the stand and lies that her husband's murderous act was justified because she had been unfaithful to him. Finally Drake's wife reveals that Carlotta is really Drake's daughter, and Carlotta and Curtis are reconciled. Written by AFI See less

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
Dolores Cassinelli Carlotta Carlotta See fewer	Jamestown (1923)
Frank Mills Curtis Austin Curtis Austin See fewer	The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906)
Joe King Crosby Dana Crosby Dana See fewer	Smashing the Money Ring (1939)
Warren Cook J. Winthrop Drake J. Winthrop Drake See fewer	Seven Keys to Baldpate (1917)
Grace Reals Mrs. Drake Mrs. Drake See fewer	Sherlock Holmes (1916)
Georges Deneubourg Signor Riccardo Novelli Signor Riccardo Novelli See fewer	Edmund Kean: Prince Among Lovers (1924)
Clare Grenville Signora Dolores (as Clair Grenville) Signora Dolores (as Clair Grenville) See fewer	Wrong Is Right (1982)
Violet Reed Edith Austin Edith Austin See fewer	The Power and the Glory (1918)
John Boone Adam Burton Adam Burton See fewer	Alias Jimmy Valentine (1915)
Rae Allen Actress (uncredited) Actress (uncredited) See fewer	The Wrong Woman (1920)