Masquerade

Masquerade

A startling duel role on the speaking screen! The path of true love leads to the highway of adventure-comedy.

NR 1929 · 70 min · ★ 10.0 · Mystery, Drama

The second version of Louis Joseph Vance's 1907 mystery melodrama The Brass Bowl. The story of a wealthy world traveler and his evil lookalike, the master criminal Anisty.

Directed by Russell Birdwell · Written by Malcolm Stuart Boylan

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