The parallel stories of a modern preacher and a medieval monk, Gabriel the Ascetic, who is killed by an ignorant mob for making a nude statue representing Truth, which is also represented by a ghostly naked girl who flits throughout the...
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| Courtenay Foote | ... |
Gabriel - the Ascetic
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| Myrtle Stedman | ... |
The Woman
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Herbert Standing | ... |
The Abbot
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| Adele Farrington | ... |
The Queen
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| George Berrell | ... |
A Monk (uncredited)
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| Francesca Bertini | ... |
Aristocratic Woman (uncredited)
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| Alva D. Blake | ... |
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Dixie Carr | ... |
The Magdelan (uncredited)
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| Jane Darwell | ... |
Madam (uncredited)
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| Marjorie Daw | ... |
Teenage Girl (uncredited)
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| Nigel De Brulier | ... |
Distraut Man in Church (uncredited)
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Margaret Edwards | ... |
The Naked Truth (uncredited)
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| Vera Lewis | ... |
Parishioner (uncredited)
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Teenage Boy (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Lois Weber | ... | (uncredited) |
Written by
| Lois Weber | ... | (written by) |
Produced by
| Phillips Smalley | ... | producer (uncredited) |
| Lois Weber | ... | producer |
Cinematography by
| Dal Clawson | ... | (photographed by) |
| George W. Hill | ... | (photographed by) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Nate Watt | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
| Phillips Smalley | ... | Photograph |
| Frank Ormston | ... | technical director (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Hobart Bosworth Productions (present)
Distributors
- Paramount Pictures (1914) (United States) (theatrical) (as Paramount Pictures Corporation) (distributed by)
- Kino International (2008) (United States) (DVD)
- Kino International (United States) (VHS)
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| Taglines | "HYPOCRITES" or "THE NAKED TRUTH" with Margaret Edwards in the nude, representing the Naked Truth, carries a wonderful lesson and is a marvelous photoplay which stand pre-eminent as a unique production of cinema art. (Print Ad- Bend Bulletin, ((Bend, Ore.)) 9 November 1917) See more » |
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| Trivia | Although the nudity was tastefully done (it was passed by The National Board of Censors), it was still banned in Ohio and caused riots in New York. The mayor of Boston demanded that every frame displaying the naked figure of Truth be hand-painted to clothe the unidentified actress who portrayed her. (One historian suggested that Lois Weber herself played the part.) See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (2018). See more » |
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Title card:
[after Gabriel the Ascetic's nude statue is unveiled to the public]
The people are shocked by the nakedness of truth. See more » |