False Faces
6.5
“THE BEAUTY RACKET EXPOSED!”
The philandering Dr. Silas Brenton is fired from his position at a large hospital and given 24 hours to vacate the state. He sets himself up in Chicago as a "prestigious" plastic surgeon to the stars. However, Brenton's silver tongue can't cover up his dubious methods, and an investigation into his practice is launched by the examining board of plastic surgeons. A delirious film à clef based on the loathsome career of Henry J. Schireson, the self-styled “King of Quacks”.
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Cast
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Lowell Sherman
Dr. Silas Brenton
Known for
Way Down East
Peggy Shannon
Elsie Fryer
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Back Page
Llewellyn Hughes
Ted D. McCord
Lila Lee
Georgia Rand
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The Unholy Three
Male and Female
Kubec Glasmon
Rose Loewinger
Berton Churchill
Dr. J.B. Parker
Known for
Stagecoach
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
David Landau
McCullough
Known for
Horse Feathers
She Done Him Wrong
Nance O'Neil
Mrs. Finn
Known for
Cimarron
Purnell Pratt
Jefferson Howe
Known for
Scarface
Grand Hotel
Harold Waldridge
Jimmy
Also in
Dental Follies
The Death Kiss
Lowell Sherman Director · Kubec Glasmon Screenplay Llewellyn Hughes Screenplay
United States release October 12, 1932 · Produced in United States
Production
K.B.S. Productions Inc.
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 12, 1932
Theatrical
Australia
August 26, 1933
United Kingdom
January 20, 1937 · London re-release
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