Painted Faces

Painted Faces

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

1929 · 74 min · ★ 5.4 · Crime, Mystery, Romance

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.

Directed by Albert S. Rogell

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