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Painted Faces(1929)
Status: Released
Date: 1929-11-19
48%
4 Votes
Time: 1h 14m
Laughs-Thrills-Tears In the Love Story of a Clown Acrobat Who Took a Heart Tumble.
Overview:
After a vaudeville performer is murdered backstage, framed-up evidence lead the police to arrest a troupe member. At his trial, Hermann, a Scandinavian clown known as Beppo, is the lone juror holding out against conviction and pleading for his innocence and acquittal.
Languages: English, German.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Tiffany-Stahl Productions
Movie: Painted Faces
Top 8 Billed Cast
Joe E. Brown
Hermann / Beppo
Helen Foster
Nancy
Dorothy Gulliver
Babe Barnes
Richard Tucker
District Attorney
Purnell Pratt
Foreman of Jury
Mabel Julienne Scott
Mrs. Warren - Nervous Woman Jury Member
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After a vaudeville performer is murdered backstage, framed-up evidence lead the police to arrest a troupe member. At his trial, Hermann, a Scandinavian clown known as Beppo, is the lone juror holding out against conviction and pleading for his innocence and acquittal.
Release Date
1929-11-19
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4.8
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Laughs-Thrills-Tears In the Love Story of a Clown Acrobat Who Took a Heart Tumble.
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