Lying Lips

1939

Drama / Music

2
IMDb Rating 4.6/10 10 201 201

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Plot summary

A nightclub singer refuses to "date" customers, so she's framed for the murder of her aunt.

Director

Oscar Micheaux Photo
Oscar Micheaux

Top cast

Robert Earl Jones Photo
Robert Earl Jones as Detective Wenzer
Cherokee Thornton Photo
Cherokee Thornton as John Landry
Gladys Williams Photo
Gladys Williams as Aunt Josephine
Robert Paquin Photo
Robert Paquin as District Attorney Eckert
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671.92 MB
948*720
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 13 min
Seeds 1
1.22 GB
1422*1080
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 13 min
Seeds 5

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by boblipton 4 / 10

Once Again, A Short Budget Trips Up A Micheaux Fim

Night club singer Edna Mae Harris can belt out a tune, but she's a good girl who won't go to parties with the club's customers. When she finds her aunt murdered in bed, there's enough evidence to convict her, but boyfriend Carmen Newsome dedicates his life to finding out who realy killed the lady.Oscar Micheaux's movie start with Miss Harris singing some excellent standards, like "You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby", but after the halfway mark of this mystery, there's no more singing or dancing. Instead there's Newsome and Robert Earl Williams tracking donw leads in jig time. The camerawork by Lester Lang is pretty good here, but like other Micheaux sound films, the line readings are pretty poor.
Reviewed by elegant_ms04 6 / 10

Positives about Lying Lips

I thought this was a good film considering the time in which it was shot and the low budget Micheaux had to work with. He was a pioneer for other African American film makers including Spike Lee and Robert Townsend. Though the acting is not superior,this was the best we could get at the time. This was one of the few times that African Americans were able to see others on the screen that actually looked like them, without donning black face. We as modern day viewers can not appreciate how much went into a film; as we are used to films with lighting effects, soundtracks, multi-million dollar budgets, and lucrative distribution deals. Micheaux set the pace early in the film game and many others are following his lead.
Reviewed by mark.waltz 6 / 10

Probably one of the best completely flawed movies I've ever seen.

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