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Masks and Faces

  • 19171917
  • 1h 32m
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5.3/10
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Johnston Forbes-Robertson in Masks and Faces (1917)
Comedy
An actress cures an aged flirt by posing as his wife.An actress cures an aged flirt by posing as his wife.An actress cures an aged flirt by posing as his wife.
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
33
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    • Fred Paul
    • Benedict James
    • Charles Reade(novel)
    • Tom Taylor(play)
  • Stars
    • Johnston Forbes-Robertson
    • Irene Vanbrugh
    • Henry S. Irving
    • Fred Paul
    • Benedict James
    • Charles Reade(novel)
    • Tom Taylor(play)
  • Stars
    • Johnston Forbes-Robertson
    • Irene Vanbrugh
    • Henry S. Irving
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    • 1User review
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Johnston Forbes-Robertson
    Johnston Forbes-Robertson
    • James Triplet
    • (as Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson)
    Irene Vanbrugh
    Irene Vanbrugh
    • Peg Woffington
    Henry S. Irving
    • Colander
    Gerald du Maurier
    Gerald du Maurier
    • Hunsdon
    Dennis Neilson-Terry
    • Ernest Vane
    Gladys Cooper
    Gladys Cooper
    • Mabel Vane
    Ben Webster
    Ben Webster
    • Sir Charles Pomander
    C.M. Lowne
    • Quinn
    Nigel Playfair
    Nigel Playfair
    • Rich
    Lillah McCarthy
    • Kitty Clive
    Dion Boucicault Jr.
    • Colley Cibber
    Henry Vibart
    • Burdock
    Donald Calthrop
    Donald Calthrop
    • Lovell
    J. Fisher White
    • Snarl
    Lyall Swete
    • Soper
    Helen Haye
    Helen Haye
    • Dame Best
    Matheson Lang
    Matheson Lang
    • Coachman
    Weedon Grossmith
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      • Fred Paul
      • Benedict James
      • Charles Reade(novel)
      • Tom Taylor(play)
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    6/10
    I Have Seen the House & It Is Terrific
    This movie is based on the old play by Charles Reade and Tom Taylor. It concerns itself with Irene Vanbrugh as Peg Wolfington, her amours and good heart and her championing of Johnston Forbes-Robertson, a painter and would-be playwright, and succoring of Gladys Cooper, the wife of Dennis Neilson-Terry, with whom she had been carrying on an affair and whom she did not know (in the show, anyway) was married.

    It was made for the movies to finance the building fund of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, and there is a pleasing prologue in which distinguished playwrights of the era appear to discuss its production. As a result, it has a tremendously distinguished cast of stage actors, many of whom rarely appeared in the silent movies. Its interest -- and it is considerable -- lies in seeing these actors at this age: not only Miss Vanburgh and Miss Cooper (who was quite a sweet-faced young dish at this age, not at all the stern woman I know from the 1940s), but Henry Irving, Matheson Lang (in a bit part) and Helen Haye in her screen premiere.

    Because of this cast and the wordiness of the play's script, there are an enormous number of titles, and the compositions are stagey, despite some careful camera work. As a movie, it is rather forgettable. It is worth watching for the faces... and for the RADA facilities it helped underwrite.
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      • May 5, 1918 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • English
      • Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Ideal Films
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    • 1 hour 32 minutes
      • Silent

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