Behind the Make-Up

Year: 1930

Runtime: 70 mins

Language: English

Director: Robert Milton

Drama

Gardoni, a down‑on‑his‑luck vaudeville performer, is taken in by a fellow entertainer—a clown whose act features bicycle riding. Grateful yet ambitious, Gardoni betrays his benefactor by appropriating the clown’s routine and poaching his girlfriend, ultimately marrying her, setting the stage for rivalry and moral downfall.

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