Masks and Faces | |
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Directed by | Fred Paul |
Produced by | Fred Paul Maurice Elvey |
Written by |
Charles Reade (novel) Tom Taylor (play) Benedict James |
Starring |
Johnston Forbes-Robertson Irene Vanbrugh Gerald du Maurier Gladys Cooper |
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Distributed by | Ideal Film Company |
Release date
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March 1917 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Masks and Faces is a 1917 British silent biographical film directed by Fred Paul and starring Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Irene Vanbrugh and Henry S. Irving. The film depicts episodes from the life of the eighteenth-century Irish actress Peg Woffington. It is based on the 1852 play Masks and Faces by Charles Reade and Tom Taylor.