''Forgotten Faces'' is a 1928 American silent

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directed by

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and starring

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, and

Olga Baclanova Olga Vladimirovna Baklanova (russian: О́льга Влади́мировна Бакла́нова; 19 August 1893 – 6 September 1974), known professionally as Olga Baclanova, was a Russian-born actress who found success in Hollywood film and ...

. The production was overseen by David O. Selznick, a rising young producer at the time. The film was remade by Paramount in 1936 as a sound film. The film is preserved with copies at the

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and the

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. This film is Paramount's remake of their 1920 film '' Heliotrope''.

Plot

A criminal Heliotrope Harry (

) comes home after a stick-up job and finds his wife Lilly (

) in bed with another man. He shoots his rival and deposits their baby daughter Alice (

) on a rich couple's doorstep. While serving a life sentence, Harry is updated on his daughter's happy life by his old criminal associate Froggy (

William Powell William Horatio Powell (July 29, 1892 – March 5, 1984) was an American actor. A major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, he was paired with Myrna Loy in 14 films, including the '' Thin Man'' series based on the Nick and Nora Charles characters cr ...

). For years, his vengeful wife seeks their daughter in vain. When she finally locates their child, the father wrangles parole from a sympathetic warden. He seeks to ensure permanent protection for his daughter by luring his crazed wife into a trap where she shoots him but suffers a prearranged fatal accident while escaping. The father dies in his daughter's arms, who now knows and appreciates his true identity and love for her.

Cast

as Heliotrope Harry Harlow *

as Alice Deane *

as Lilly Harlow *

as Froggy *

Fred Kohler Fred Kohler (April 20, 1888 – October 28, 1938) was an American actor. Career Fred Kohler was born in Kansas City, Missouri or in Dubuque, Iowa. As a teen, he began to pursue a career in vaudeville, but worked other jobs to support himself. ...

as Number 1309 * Jack Luden as Tom * Ernie Adams as Trusty in Hospital (uncredited) *

Symona Boniface Symona Ferner Boniface (March 5, 1894 – September 2, 1950) was an American film actress, most frequently seen in bit parts in comedy shorts, mostly at Columbia Pictures, particularly those of '' The Three Stooges''. She appeared in 120 fi ...

as Roulette Player (uncredited)

References

Bibliography

* Dick, Bernard F. ''Engulfed: The Death of Paramount Pictures and the Birth of Corporate Hollywood''. University Press of Kentucky, 2001.

External links

* * 1928 films Silent American drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films 1928 drama films 1920s English-language films Films directed by Victor Schertzinger Paramount Pictures films Films produced by David O. Selznick Films with screenplays by Howard Estabrook Surviving American silent films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub