Face to Face (1922 film)

Face to Face
Face to Face
Directed by	Harry Grossman
Written by	Harry Grossman
Starring	Marguerite Marsh ; Edna Holman ; Coit Albertson
Production; company	Reginald Warde Productions
Distributed by	Playgoers Pictures
Release date	September 17, 1922;
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent ; English intertitles

Last updated December 28, 2025

Face to Face is a 1922 American silent mystery film directed by Harry Grossman and starring Marguerite Marsh, Edna Holman and Coit Albertson.^[1]^[2] It was distributed by the independent company Playgoers Pictures.

Plot

At the same time as John Weston commits suicide, burglar Bert Manners is panicked and shoots his own reflection in the mirror. Arrested for murder, a schoolgirl friend of the dead man turns detective to prove him innocent of the killing.

Cast

Marguerite Marsh as Helen Marsley
Edna Holman as Grace Weston
F.W. Stewart as John W. Weston
Coit Albertson as Jack Weston
Joe Smith Marba as Martin Hartley
Frances White as Cleo Rand
William Kendall as Bert Manners

Preservation

In February 2021, Face to Face was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list and therefore presumed lost.^[3]

References

↑ Wlaschin p.80
↑ Munden p.225
↑ "7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films (1912-29)" (PDF). National Film Preservation Board. Retrieved February 12, 2025.

Bibliography

Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
Wlaschin, Ken. Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography. McFarland, 2009.

External links

Face to Face at IMDb

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[1] Wlaschin p.80

[2] Munden p.225

[Lost_U.S._Silent_Feature_Films-3] "7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films (1912-29)" (PDF). National Film Preservation Board. Retrieved February 12, 2025.

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