Crime ·Mystery ·Romance · United States of America · 1929 · 1h 14m

Painted Faces

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Director
Albert S. Rogell
Cast
Joe E. Brown as Hermann / Beppo Helen Foster as Nancy Dorothy Gulliver as Babe Barnes Richard Tucker as District Attorney Purnell Pratt as Foreman of Jury Mabel Julienne Scott as Mrs. Warren - Nervous Woman Jury Member
Tagline

Laughs-Thrills-Tears In the Love Story of a Clown Acrobat Who Took a Heart Tumble.

Synopsis

After a vaudeville performer is murdered backstage, framed-up evidence lead the police to arrest a troupe member. At his trial, Hermann, a Scandinavian clown known as Beppo, is the lone juror holding out against conviction and pleading for his innocence and acquittal.

Mood & Themes
clownjurywrongly accused
Key Collaborators
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