Clive Brook
Heliotrope Harry Harlow
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Forgotten Faces is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Clive Brook, Mary Brian, and Olga Baclanova. 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.
Forgotten Faces: Directed by Victor Schertzinger. With Clive Brook, Mary Brian, Olga Baclanova, William Powell. Clive Brook stars as "Heliotrope" Harry, a gentleman thief tossed in jail for killing his wife's lover.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Victor Schertzinger
- 1928-08-05
Desperate to escape so he can thwart her, Harry tries to take advantage of an attempted jailbreak by a brutal inmate known as “Spider,” played by the unforgettably mean-faced Fred Kohler, who had appeared as gang boss Buck Mulligan the year before in Josef von Sternberg’s dazzling gangster drama Underworld with Brook.
Forgotten Faces. 1928 Directed by Victor Schertzinger. A petty thief (Clive Brook) just robs the very rich at speakeasies, and gets away with it because the rich don’t want the bad publicity, finally is caught and sent to Sing Sing.
- Victor Schertzinger
- Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation, Paramount
Based on the short story "Whiff of Heliotrope" by Richard Washburn Child in Famous Story Magazine (Dec 1925).
Aug 19, 2014 · With its mobile camera, ingenious transitions, and expressionist lighting, Forgotten Faces demonstrates the influence of F.W. Murnau, who had arrived at Fox in 1926. Though the film’s an obscurity today, it has had its champions.
Overview. A petty thief (Clive Brook) just robs the very rich at speakeasies, and gets away with it because the rich don't want the bad publicity, finally is caught and sent to Sing Sing. After good behavior, he gets an emergency permission for a return home, so that he may save his daughter from the hands of her disreputable mother (Baclanova).
