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False Colors

  • 19141914
  • 32m
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Phillips Smalley and Lois Weber in False Colors (1914)
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In 1895, noted actor Lloyd Phillips leaves the stage after his wife dies in childbirth. Blaming his infant daughter Dixie for his wife's death, Phillips leaves her with Mrs. Hughes, his hous... Read allIn 1895, noted actor Lloyd Phillips leaves the stage after his wife dies in childbirth. Blaming his infant daughter Dixie for his wife's death, Phillips leaves her with Mrs. Hughes, his housekeeper. Meanwhile, Mrs. Moore, a wardrobe mistress who has kept a scrapbook on Phillips, ... Read allIn 1895, noted actor Lloyd Phillips leaves the stage after his wife dies in childbirth. Blaming his infant daughter Dixie for his wife's death, Phillips leaves her with Mrs. Hughes, his housekeeper. Meanwhile, Mrs. Moore, a wardrobe mistress who has kept a scrapbook on Phillips, must raise her infant daughter Florence alone when her husband dies. Eighteen years later,... Read all
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    • Director
      • Phillips Smalley
    • Writer
      • Lois Weber(story)
    • Stars
      • Phillips Smalley
      • Lois Weber
      • Dixie Carr
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    • Director
      • Phillips Smalley
    • Writer
      • Lois Weber(story)
    • Stars
      • Phillips Smalley
      • Lois Weber
      • Dixie Carr
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    False Colors (1914)
    Dixie Carr, Phillips Smalley, Herbert Standing, and Lois Weber in False Colors (1914)
    False Colors (1914)
    Phillips Smalley and Lois Weber in False Colors (1914)

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    Phillips Smalley
    Phillips Smalley
    • Lloyd Phillips
    Lois Weber
    Lois Weber
    • Mrs. Moore…
    Dixie Carr
    • Dixie Phillips
    Adele Farrington
    Adele Farrington
    • Mrs. Hughes, housekeeper
    Charles Marriott
    Charles Marriott
    • Butler (Mr. Hughes)
    Courtenay Foote
    Courtenay Foote
    • Bert Hughes, son of Butler and Housekeeper
    Herbert Standing
    • Marc Herbert
    • Director
      • Phillips Smalley
    • Writer
      • Lois Weber(story)
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    False Colors is, for 1914 an interesting backstage melodrama.
    False Colors is, for 1914 an interesting backstage melodrama. Director Phillips Smalley stars as Lloyd Phillips, an actor that gets a telegram as he steps off the stage that his wife has given birth to a daughter but is sinking fast. Lois Weber wrote the screenplay and stars in two roles as Mrs. Moore and her daughter Flo. After Phillips rushes home to discover his wife has died he no longer wants to see the baby and allows for it to be raised elsewhere. Mrs. Moore a seamstress who had worked in the theater and admired Phillips is confronted by her wheelchair bound and jealous husband when he finds hidden stash of pictures of Phillips among his wife's belongings. The argument proves too much for the sickly husband and he dies. Years pass as the newborn daughter grows into a young woman thinking herself abandoned by her aloof father. Meanwhile a plot is hatched to bilk money from the actor in the guise of care for his out of sight daughter's up bringing. Before it's all over father and daughter will be reunited and seamstress will have won the favor of the man she loved from the wings. Most to the five reels have recently been discovered at the Library Of Congress.
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    • Release date
      • December 17, 1914 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • None
      • English
    • Also known as
      • False Colours
    • Production company
      • Hobart Bosworth Productions
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    • Runtime
      32 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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