The Little Liar (1916)

movie

Country: USA
Genres: Drama
Release: 1916-09-10
Director: Lloyd Ingraham
Writers: Anita Loos
Language: None | English
Stars: Mae Marsh , Robert Harron , Olga Grey , Carl Stockdale , Jennie Lee , Ruth Handforth , Tom Wilson , Loyola O’Connor , ‘Baby’ Carmen De Rue , Violet Wilkey
Runtime: 50 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: The Little Liar (United States of America) , The Little Liar
Plot: Trying to cope with the bleak reality of the slums by indulging a taste for fiction, Maggie becomes a compulsive liar. As a result, when she pleads innocent to a shoplifting charge after the real thieves accuse her of the crime, no one believes her, and she is thrown in jail. While Bobby, a reporter who has taken an interest in her, works for her release, Maggie starts keeping a journal. Then, when authorities give the journal to the judge who sentenced her, he recognizes Maggie as a gifted writer, after which Bobby presents him with evidence clearing her of all guilt. Bobby and the judge rush to the prison to release Maggie, sadly, they find she has taken her own life in her cell.
IMDB:tt0006931