Painted Faces (1929 film)
Appearance
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Directed by | Albert S. Rogell |
Written by | Fanny Hatton Frederic Hatton Frances Hyland |
Produced by | John M. Stahl |
Starring | Joe E. Brown Helen Foster Barton Hepburn |
Cinematography | Jackson Rose Benjamin H. Kline |
Edited by | Richard Cahoon |
Music by | Abe Meyer |
Production company | Tiffany-Stahl Productions |
Distributed by | Tiffany Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 74 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Painted Faces is a 1929 American Pre-Code mystery film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Joe E. Brown, Helen Foster and Barton Hepburn.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Hervey Libbert.
Synopsis
[edit]After a vaudeville performer is murdered, another member of the troupe is arrested. During his trial only one juror, himself a entertainer, holds that he has been framed and seeks out the real culprit.
Cast
[edit]- Joe E. Brown as Hermann / Beppo
- Helen Foster as Nancy
- Barton Hepburn as Buddy Barton
- Dorothy Gulliver as Babe Barnes
- Lester Cole as Roderick
- Richard Tucker as District Attorney
- Purnell Pratt as Foreman of Jury
- Mabel Julienne Scott as Mrs. Warren - Nervous Woman Jury Member
- Clem Beauchamp as Jury Member
- Joseph Belmont as Jury Member
- Alma Bennett as Jury Member
- Allan Cavan as Defense Attorney
- William B. Davidson as Ringmaster
- Russ Dudley as Jury Member
- Dannie Mac Grant as Circus Spectator
- Walter Jerry as Jury Member
- Sôjin Kamiyama as Cafe Owner
- Gertrude Kerkis as Little Girl
- Clinton Lyle as Jury Member
- Florence Midgley as Jury Member
- Jack Richardson as Stage Manager
- Howard Truesdale as Jury Member
- May Wallace as Jury Member
References
[edit]- ^ Babington & Charles Barr p.53
Bibliography
[edit]- Bruce Babington & Charles Barr. The Call of the Heart: John M. Stahl and Hollywood Melodrama. Indiana University Press, 2018.
External links
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