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Some Liar

1919 film by Henry King

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionFeb 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ3489778 ↗
Source-derived summary

Some Liar is a 1919 American silent Western comedy film directed by Henry King and starring William Russell, Eileen Percy, and Heywood Mack.

Cast

William Russell as Robert Winchester McTabb

Eileen Percy as Celie Sterling

Heywood Mack as Sheldon Lewis Kellard

J. Gordon Russell as High Spade McQueen

John Gough as Loco Ike / Octogenarian suitor

References

Bibliography

Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema. Greenwood Publishing, 1999.

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The public source identifies “Some Liar” as 1919 film by Henry King. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Some, Liar and film.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1919, 1999—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Some, Liar and film providing the first useful test.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3489778. The first chronological checks are 1919 and 1999.

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This entry incorporates text from “Some Liar” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.