The False Faces
Encyclopedia
The False Faces is a 1919 silent
drama film
directed by Irvin Willat
and starring Lon Chaney, Sr.
A print of the film survives at George Eastman House
. On August 31, 2009 the film made it to DVD for the first time.
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Irvin Willat
Irvin Willat
Irvin Willat was an American film director of the silent film era. He directed 39 films between 1917 and 1937. Early in his career Willat worked as a cinematographer on several films...
and starring Lon Chaney, Sr.
Lon Chaney, Sr.
Lon Chaney , nicknamed "The Man of a Thousand Faces," was an American actor during the age of silent films. He was one of the most versatile and powerful actors of early cinema...
A print of the film survives at George Eastman House
George Eastman House
The George Eastman House is the world's oldest museum dedicated to photography and one of the world's oldest film archives, opened to the public in 1949 in Rochester, New York, USA. World-renowned for its photograph and motion picture archives, the museum is also a leader in film preservation and...
. On August 31, 2009 the film made it to DVD for the first time.
Plot
During World War I, a professional thief known as The Lone Wolf is assigned to steal a cylinder with important information from behind the German lines and bring it to Allied intelligence headquarters. However, German agents set out to stop him, headed by the man who was responsible for the death of the thief's sister.Cast
- Henry B. WalthallHenry B. WalthallHenry Brazeale Walthall was an American film actor.-Career:Walthall began his career as a stage actor, appearing on Broadway in a supporting role in William Vaughn Moody's The Great Divide in 1906–1908. His career in movies began in 1908, in the film Rescued from an Eagle's Nest, which also...
- Michael Lanyard - Mary AndersonMary Anderson (silent film actress)Mary Anderson was an American actress, who appeared in 77 silent films between 1914 and 1923.-Career:Anderson was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was educated at Erasmus Hall High School in the same city. Anderson also attended Holy Cross School and made her first appearance in public as a...
- Cecilia Brooke - Lon Chaney, Sr.Lon Chaney, Sr.Lon Chaney , nicknamed "The Man of a Thousand Faces," was an American actor during the age of silent films. He was one of the most versatile and powerful actors of early cinema...
- Karl Eckstrom - Milton RossMilton RossMilton Ross was an American film actor. He appeared in 68 films between 1914 and 1948.He was born in California, and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:* Riddle Gawne...
- Ralph Crane - Thornton Edwards - Lieutenant Thackery
- William Bowman - Captain Osborne
- Garry McGarry - Submarine Lieutenant
- Ernest Pasque - Blensop