The Garden of Lies

The Garden of Lies
1915 advertisement
Directed byJack Pratt
Written byLouis Reeves Harrison
Based onnovel, Garden of Lies, by Justus Miles Forman
Produced byAll Star Feature Corp
StarringJane Cowl
William Russell
CinematographyWilliam C. Thompson
Production
company
All Star Feature Film Corporation
Distributed byAlco Film Corporation
Universal Film Manufacturing Company (as Broadway Universal Feature)
Release date
  • July 12, 1915 (1915-07-12)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUSA
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Garden of Lies is a 1915 silent film drama directed by Jack Pratt and starring in her debut stage actress Jane Cowl. It was based on a novel by Justus Miles Forman who perished on the Lusitania that same year. The Universal Film Manufacturing Company handled the distribution.[1][2]

The film was shot in Jacksonville, Florida, St. Augustine, Florida, parts of Louisiana, and other areas around the Gulf of Mexico.[2]

Cast

Preservation

The Garden of Lies is currently presumed lost.[3] In February of 2021, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List". www.silentera.com. Retrieved September 24, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Garden of Lies". afi.com. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
  3. ↑ "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Garden of Lies". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved April 19, 2026. Cite error: Unknown parameter "loc" in <ref> tag; supported parameters are dir, follow, group, name (see the help page).
  4. ↑ "7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films (1912-29)" (PDF). National Film Preservation Board. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
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