The Tower of Lies

The Tower of Lies

lobby poster with Lon Chaney, Nomra Shearer and Ian Keith
Directed by Victor Sjöström
Produced by Louis B. Mayer
Written by Victor Sjöström and Agnes Christine Johnston, based upon a novel by Selma Lagerlöf
Starring Norma Shearer
Lon Chaney
William Haines
Ian Keith
Lew Cody
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s) October 11, 1925
Country United States
Language Silent
English intertitles

The Tower of Lies is a 1925 drama film directed by Victor Sjöström based upon Selma Lagerlöf's novel The Emperor of Portugallia (1914). Released one year after He Who Gets Slapped, the film marks the second collaboration between Sjöström, Lon Chaney and Norma Shearer. Also starring are William Haines, Ian Keith and Lew Cody. It is considered a lost film.[1] [2]

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Plot

Jan (Lon Chaney) is a Swedish farmer and Glory (Norma Shearer) is his beloved daughter, who saves him from bankruptcy by eloping to the big city with their rapacious landlord, driving Jan to madness.

Cast

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