• Source: Forgotten Faces (1928 film)

      • 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.
      The film is preserved with copies at the Library of Congress and the Museum of Modern Art.
      This film is Paramount's remake of their 1920 film Heliotrope.


      Plot


      A criminal, “Heliotrope” Harry (Clive Brook), comes home after a stick-up job and finds his wife Lilly (Olga Baclanova) in bed with another man. He shoots his rival and deposits their baby daughter Alice (played later as an adult by Mary Brian) 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). 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


      Clive Brook as Heliotrope Harry Harlow
      Mary Brian as Alice Deane
      Olga Baclanova as Lilly Harlow
      William Powell as Froggy
      Fred Kohler as Number 1309
      Jack Luden as Tom
      Ernie Adams as Trusty in Hospital (uncredited)
      Symona Boniface 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


      Forgotten Faces at IMDb
      Synopsis at AllMovie

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