Masks and Faces

Name: Masks and Faces
Director: Fred Paul
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1917
Cast: Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Irene Vanbrugh, Henry S. Irving, Gerald du Maurier, Dennis Neilson-Terry

1917 Comedy Directed by Fred Paul

About Masks and Faces

The film stages episodes from the life of the eighteenth-century Irish actress Peg Woffington. In the catalog account, an actress cures an aged flirt by posing as his wife.

Cast & crew

Fred Paul Director
Johnston Forbes-Robertson
Irene Vanbrugh
Henry S. Irving
Gerald du Maurier
Dennis Neilson-Terry
Gladys Cooper
Ben Webster
C.M. Lowne
Nigel Playfair
Lillah McCarthy

More about Masks and Faces

Fred Paul directed for Ideal, with Maurice Elvey producing, from the 1852 play Masks and Faces by Charles Reade and Tom Taylor. Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Irene Vanbrugh, Henry S. Irving, Gerald du Maurier, and Gladys Cooper are billed. Wikidata lists the United Kingdom and 1917, with no running time.

Themes

Peg Woffington
a pose that cures a flirt
the eighteenth-century stage
eighteenth century
actress

Notes

Wikipedia calls it a biographical silent film.
Dennis Neilson-Terry is on the catalog cast, and Wikidata sets the story in London.
Ideal Film Company is the production company on Wikidata.

Influenced by

Charles Reade and Tom Taylor's 1852 play Masks and Faces