Painted Faces (1929) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1929 · 74 mins · English

Directed by

Albert S. Rogell

Starring

Purnell Pratt, Richard Tucker, Joe E. Brown, Dorothy Gulliver, Helen Foster, Mabel Julienne Scott

A blend of laughs, thrills and tears, the story follows Hermann, a Scandinavian clown known as Beppo, who is both an acrobat and a lover. After a vaudeville performer is murdered backstage, false evidence points to a troupe member. At the trial Hermann serves as the lone juror, passionately arguing for the accused’s innocence and seeking acquittal.