Figures Don't Lie

{{short description|1927 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Figures Don't Lie

| image = Figures Don't Lie poster.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = A. Edward Sutherland

| producer = B. P. Schulberg
Jesse L. Lasky
Adolph Zukor

| screenplay = Ethel Doherty
Grover Jones
Louise Long
Herman J. Mankiewicz

| story = B. F. Zeidman

| starring = Esther Ralston
Richard Arlen
Ford Sterling
Doris Hill
Blanche Payson
Natalie Kingston

| music =

| cinematography = Alfred Gilks

| editing =

| studio = Famous Players–Lasky Corporation

| distributor = Paramount Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1927|10|8}}

| runtime = 60 minutes

| country = United States

| language = Silent (English intertitles)

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Figures Don't Lie is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and written by Ethel Doherty and Louise Long from an adaptation by Grover Jones of a story by B. F. Zeidman, with intertitles by Herman J. Mankiewicz.{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/9048-FIGURES-DONTLIE?sid=3a627c28-38d1-44b3-a991-9aeba0cf6a7a&sr=11.915018&cp=1&pos=0 |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=catalog.afi.com}} The film stars Esther Ralston, Richard Arlen, Ford Sterling, Doris Hill, Blanche Payson, and Natalie Kingston. The film was released on October 9, 1927, by Paramount Pictures.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/91413/Figures-Don-t-Lie/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210184619/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/91413/Figures-Don-t-Lie/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 10, 2015|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide|author=Hal Erickson|title=Figures-Don-t-Lie - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes|author-link=Hal Erickson (author)|date=2015|accessdate=February 10, 2015}}[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/F/FiguresDontLie1927.html Progressive Silent Film List: Figures Don't Lie] at silentera.com

Plot

According to the AFI, the plot of this lost film revolved around Janet Wells, the secretary of "Howdy" Jones, whose wife's jealous behaviour is problematic, and other flirting attempts among them and other company employees, including the new sales manager, Bob Blewe, and Dolores, a stenographer.

Cast

Preservation status

The film is now lost.[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5247/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Figures Don't Lie][http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arneparamountpictures.html Figures Don't Lie at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Lost Paramount film - 1927] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822130955/http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arneparamountpictures.html |date=August 22, 2015 }} Retrieved September 20, 2016

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