''The Face in the Fog'' is a 1922 American silent film produced by Cosmopolitan Productions and distributed by

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. It was directed by

Alan Crosland Frederick Alan Crosland (August 10, 1894 – July 16, 1936) was an American stage actor and film director. He is noted for having directed the first feature film using spoken dialogue, ''The Jazz Singer'' (1927) and the first feature movie with s ...

and starred Lionel Barrymore as detective

Boston Blackie Boston Blackie is a fictional character created by author Jack Boyle (1881–1928). Blackie was originally depicted as a jewel thief and safecracker in Boyle's stories, and became a private detective in adaptations for films, radio and televisi ...

. An incomplete print is preserved at the

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Plot

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Cast

* Lionel Barrymore – Boston Blackie Dawson * Seena Owen – Grand Duchess Tatiana * Lowell Sherman – Count Alexis Orloff *George Nash – Huck Kant *

Louis Wolheim Louis Robert Wolheim (March 28, 1880 – February 18, 1931) was an American actor, of both stage and screen, whose rough physical appearance relegated him to roles mostly of thugs, villains and occasionally a soldier with a heart of gold in ...

– Petrus * Mary MacLaren – Mary Dawson *

Macey Harlam Macey Harlam (April 27, 1873 – June 17, 1923) was a stage and screen actor from New York. He performed on Broadway from 1901 to 1918 before switching to silent films, silent films. In films he appeared with Pauline Frederick, Douglas Fairbanks ...

– Count Ivan *

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– Michael * Joe King – Detective Wren *Tom Blake – Surtep * Marie Burke – Olga * Joseph W. Smiley – Police Captain * Martin Faust – Ivan's valet * Mario Majeroni – Grand Duke Alexis

References

External links

* 1922 films American silent feature films Films directed by Alan Crosland 1922 mystery films American black-and-white films Boston Blackie films 1920s American films Silent American mystery films {{mystery-film-stub