Forgotten Faces is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Clive Brook, Mary Brian, and Olga Baclanova. The production was overseen by David O. Selznick, a rising young producer at the time. The film was remade by Paramount in 1936 as a sound film.
The film is preserved with copies at the Library of Congress and the Museum of Modern Art.
This film is Paramount's remake of their 1920 film Heliotrope.
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Plot
A criminal, “Heliotrope” Harry, comes home after a stick-up job and finds his wife Lilly in bed with another man. He shoots his rival and deposits their baby daughter Alice on a rich couple's doorstep. While serving a life sentence, Harry is updated on his daughter's happy life by his old criminal associate Froggy. For years, his vengeful wife seeks their daughter in vain. When she finally locates their child, the father wrangles parole from a sympathetic warden. He seeks to ensure permanent protection for his daughter by luring his crazed wife into a trap where she shoots him but suffers a prearranged fatal accident while escaping. The father dies in his daughter's arms, who now knows and appreciates his true identity and love for her.
Cast
Clive Brook as Heliotrope Harry Harlow
Mary Brian as Alice Deane
Olga Baclanova as Lilly Harlow
William Powell as Froggy
Fred Kohler as Number 1309
Jack Luden as Tom
Ernie Adams as Trusty in Hospital (uncredited)
Symona Boniface as Roulette Player (uncredited)