Clive Brook stars as "Heliotrope" Harry, a gentleman thief tossed in jail for killing his wife's lover. Before turning himself in, Harry leaves his baby girl on the doorstep of a rich, childless couple. Desperate to keep his lush of a...
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| Clive Brook | ... |
Heliotrope Harry Harlow
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| Mary Brian | ... |
Alice Deane
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| Olga Baclanova | ... |
Lilly Harlow
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| William Powell | ... |
Froggy
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| Fred Kohler | ... |
Spider (Convict Number 1309)
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| Jack Luden | ... |
Tom
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| Hedda Hopper | ... |
Mrs. Deane
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| Crauford Kent | ... |
Robbins
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| Ernie Adams | ... |
Trusty in Hospital (uncredited)
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| Symona Boniface | ... |
Roulette Player (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Victor Schertzinger | ||
Written by
| Richard Washburn Child | ... | (story "A Whiff of Heliotrope") |
| Howard Estabrook | ... | (writer) |
| Oliver H.P. Garrett | ... | (adaptation) |
| Julian Johnson | ... | (titles) |
Cinematography by
| J. Roy Hunt | ||
Editing by
| George Nicholls Jr. | ... | (as George Nichols Jr.) |
| David O. Selznick | ||
Additional Crew
| Jesse L. Lasky | ... | presenter |
| David O. Selznick | ... | supervisor |
| Adolph Zukor | ... | presenter |
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- Paramount Pictures (1928) (United States) (theatrical)
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Clive Brook stars as "Heliotrope" Harry, a gentleman thief tossed in jail for killing his wife's lover. Before turning himself in, Harry leaves his baby girl on the doorstep of a rich, childless couple. Desperate to keep his lush of a spouse Lilly (Olga Baclanova) away from their girl, he tasks his former partner Froggy with making sure the kid turns out OK. Once Harry is out of the clink, he impersonates his daughter's butler to protect her from Lilly, who will stop at no underhanded trickery to get her hands on the girl's money. |
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| Taglines | Faces! Faces! Faces! Hundreds of faces. Faces peering from the past. Accusing faces. Sinister faces. "Forgotten Faces," a melodrama of fear. Unseen, unfathomable fear that moves, that thrills. (Print Ad- Times-Independent, ((Moab, Utah)) 21 March 1929) See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Paramount Pictures production numbers 709 and 1142 (for West Coast and New York offices). See more » |
| Goofs | When convict number 1309 is found to be missing, an intertitle says "1309 is missing" but when we see the actor, the number on his prison uniform is 1329. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in David O. Selznick: 'Your New Producer' (1935). See more » |