The Woman With Four Faces
The Woman With Four Faces is a lost[1] 1923 American silent crime melodrama film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Betty Compson. Famous Players–Lasky produced while Paramount Pictures released. The story is based on a play (possibly unproduced), The Woman With Four Faces, by Bayard Veiller.[2]
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| Directed by | Herbert Brenon |
| Written by | George James Hopkins (adaptation) |
| Based on | The Woman With Four Faces by Bayard Veiller |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky |
| Starring | Betty Compson Richard Dix |
| Cinematography | James Wong Howe (as Jimmie Howe) |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 60 minutes; 6 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Plot Edit
As described in a film magazine review,[3] Elizabeth West, a young woman who is both a thief and a con artist and allied with a gang of crooks, is freed when a jury does not convict her on a larceny charge. She determines to aid district attorney Richard Templar to round up a gang of narcotic traffickers. Disguised as an old woman, she secures the privilege of having an old confederate, who is in solitary confinement, temporarily released to aid in the plan. He turns against her, however, and she is forced to work alone with the district attorney. They succeed in their plan and then confess their love for each other.
Cast Edit
- Betty Compson as Elizabeth West
- Richard Dix as Richard Templar
- George Fawcett as Judge Westcott
- Theodore von Eltz as Jim Hartigan
- Joseph Kilgour as Judson Osgood
- Jim Farley as Morton (credited as James Farley)
- Guy Oliver as Warden Cassidy
- Charles A. Stevenson as Ralph Dobson
- Gladden James as The Boy
- Eulalie Jensen as The Mother
References Edit
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Woman With Four Faces
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Woman With Four Faces
- ^ "Tried and Proven Pictures: The Woman With Four Faces". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 43. March 29, 1924. Retrieved October 25, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.