False Faces (1932 film)

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False Faces
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Directed by Lowell Sherman
Written by Llewellyn Hughes
Kubec Glasmon
Produced byLowell Sherman
Starring Lowell Sherman
Peggy Shannon
Lila Lee
Berton Churchill
Cinematography Ray Binger
Ted D. McCord
Edited by Rose Loewinger
Music by Val Burton
Production
company
K.B.S. Productions
Distributed by World Wide Pictures
Release date
October 13, 1932
Running time
73 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

False Faces is a 1932 American drama film directed by Lowell Sherman and starring Sherman, Peggy Shannon, Lila Lee and Berton Churchill. It was shot at the Los Angeles studios of Tiffany Pictures and distributed by the independent World Wide Pictures. [1]

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Plot

A doctor is dismissed from the hospital he is working in for dishonesty. He relocated to Chicago to become a plastic surgeon despite the fact that he has no training. Soon woman patients come flocking to him.

Cast

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References

  1. Pitts p.340

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