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Lying Lips is a american film of genre Drama directed by Oscar Micheaux released in USA on 2 january 1939 with Robert Earl Jones
Lying Lips (1939)
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Add to a movie listLying Lips is a 1939, 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.
Synopsis
Elsie, a popular nightclub singer, refuses to go out with the customers at the request of the white owner of the club. The owner decides to get Benjamin, the black manager of the club, to talk to Elsie and try to persuade her to cooperate. Benjamin refuses and quits his job. Benjamin tells Elsie of his conversation with the owner and persuades Elsie to stay on because she is popular and can make a lot of money, but he warns her to be careful. Elsie stays, but still refuses to date the customers.Actors
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