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70% Critic Match
Lilies of the Field
“- they toil not, neither do they spin -”
7.0 / 10• 1924• 1h 30m•NR• English
Drama
Storyline
A young mother, Mildred, doesn't know that her husband Walter is cheating on her. One night she attends a party with a friend of her husband's, and the man gets drunk and begins groping her when they get home. Her husband sees this and uses it as an excuse to sue his wife for divorce. In the ensuing trial he wins, due to fraudulent evidence, and gets custody of the child. Complications ensue.
Cast & Crew
Corinne Griffith
Mildred Harker
Lead
Conway Tearle
Louis Willing
Alma Bennett
Doris
Sylvia Breamer
Vera
Myrtle Stedman
Mazie
Crauford Kent
Walter Harker
Charles Murray
Charles Lee
Phyllis Haver
Gertrude
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. John Francis Dillon's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Lilies of the Field is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
