The Hidden Truth
1919, English. Directed by Julius Steger.
Plot summaryAdd synopsis Taglines Out on the trackless desert was her husband- dead or alive? She knew not which. Her lover was accused of his murder.
Helen Merrill sings and dances in the rough Western mining town of Nugget City, where she befriends Myrtle Cadby, whose husband Jake cruelly abuses her. After a particularly vicious beating, Myrtle, seriously injured, shoots Jake. As she lies dying, she gives Helen a letter of introduction to a man she was to have married in the East, urging her to leave Nugget City. Before she leaves, Helen overhears Bill Sheridan and "Snipe" Roach scheming to sell Charles Taylor, a wealthy New Yorker, a salted mine, with the assistance of George Reed, Taylor's mining agent. Helen goes East and learns that Taylor is the man whom Myrtle was to have married, but because she immediately falls in love with him, she conceals her own identity and masquerades as Myrtle.
- Runtime
- 0h 50m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
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Cast & crew
- Julius StegerDirector
- Anna CaseHelen Merrill
- Charles RichmanCharles Taylor
- Emma CampbellMrs. Collins
- Forrest RobinsonJudge Blake
- Grace RealsMrs. Blake
- Thomas J. McGraneBill Sheridan
- John CharlesGeorge Reed
- Frank WunderleeJake Codby
- Fred Hearn'Snipe' Roach
- Madelyn ClareMyrtl Cadby
- William BlackThe Sheriff
- Davy DonThe Lumberman
Details
- Released
- 20 January 1919
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- S.M. Weller
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The Hidden Truth runs 50 minutes (0h 50m).
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The Hidden Truth is rated NR in India. Check the rating guidance before watching with young children.
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The Hidden Truth isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 20 January 1919. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Hidden Truth?
The Hidden Truth (1919) was directed by Julius Steger and stars Anna Case, Charles Richman, Emma Campbell.