A nightclub singer refuses to "date" customers, so she's framed for the murder of her aunt, convicted of the killing and sent to prison
Lying Lips is a 1939 in film, melodrama, race movie by Oscar Micheaux, starring Edna Mae Harris, and Robert Earl Jones (the father of James Earl Jones). Lying Lips was the thirty-seventh film of Micheaux.
Cast
Edna Mae Harris: Elsie Bellwood
Carmen Newsome: Benjamin Hadnott
Robert Earl Jones: Detective Wanzer
Frances Williams: Elizabeth Green
Cherokee Thornton: "John"
"Slim" Thompson: "Clyde"
Gladys Williams: Aunt Josephine
Juano Hernández: Reverend Bryson
Henry "Gang" Gines: "Ned" Green
Don De Leo: Farina
Charles Latorre: Garotti
Robert Paquin: District Attorney
George Reynolds: Lt. of Police
Amanda Randolph: Matron
Teddy Hall: Boy
Footnotes
Category:1939 films
Category:American films
Category:Black-and-white films
Category:1930s drama films
Category:English-language films
Category:Films directed by Oscar Micheaux
Category:Race films