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The Mask of Love (1917)

The Mask of Love poster
Directed by
Joe De Grasse
Genre
silent film, crime film
Country
United States
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A short silent crime film from 1914 about a criminal plot. Lon Chaney and Pauline Bush play the lead roles. The film is now considered lost with uncertain production details.

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What happens

The Mask of Love is a 1914 American short silent crime film (released in 1917), directed by Joe De Grasse and starring Lon Chaney and Pauline Bush. The film is considered lost. Chaney biographer Jon C. Mirsalis states: "As is the case for Accusing Evidence (1916), it is highly unlikely that (The Mask of Love) was shot in 1917. It may be a reissue of an earlier film when Bush and Chaney were working together, although no other film's synopsis matches this very closely. It could also have been assembled from footage leftover from The Menace to Carlotta (1914), or it may have just been shot previously circa 1914 and never released." Pauline Bush was no longer working at Universal in 1917. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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