Forgotten Faces (1936)
1h 11m
Running Time
May 15, 1936Release Date
Forgotten Faces (1936)
1h 11m
Running Time
May 15, 1936Release Date
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Plot.
Harry Ashton is a superstitious gambling house owner, who relies on sprigs of heliotrope as his good luck charm. One day, Harry catches his wife, Cleo with another man. Harry shoots him and takes his 18 month old daughter, Sally to best friend, Sgt. Donovan to find her a good home. Harry turns himself in and gets life in prison. 17 years pass, Cleo is on the brinks of losing her job as a burlesque dancer. Cleo decides to blackmail the McBrides (Sally's devoted adoptive parents). Harry discovers this and promises his warden that while on parole he will protect Sally. Harry trades places with the McBride's butler. While working, Harry discovers a letter addressed to the McBrides from Cleo asking to meet with her. Harry meets with Cleo instead and they begin to fight..
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Cast & Crew.

Herbert Marshall
Harry

Gertrude Michael
Cleo / Harry's wife

James Burke
Sgt. Johnny Donovan / Harry's friend

Robert Cummings
Clinton Faraday

Betty Jane Rhodes
Sally McBride / Harry's daughter

Robert Gleckler
Mike Davidson

Arthur Hohl
Hi-Jack Eddie

Alonzo Price
Warden Davis

Pierre Watkin
Mr. McBride

Dora Clement
Mrs. McBride

Alan Edwards
Steve Deland

Ann Evers
Maid

Mary Gordon
Mrs. O'Leary

Andrea Leeds
Salesgirl

Bess Flowers
Nurse

Irving Bacon
Pretty
Details.
Wiki.
Forgotten Faces is a 1936 American drama film directed by Ewald André Dupont and starring Herbert Marshall, Gertrude Michael and James Burke. Marshall and Michael had also starred in Till We Meet Again earlier in 1936.
The film was based on a short story by Richard Washburn Child, which had previously been made as a 1928 silent film by Paramount.