The City of Masks
Brief Synopsis
After immigrating to America, a handful of European nobles find themselves living and working as common laborers. They join together one night a week to maintain the Continental style they once were accustomed to.
Cast & Crew
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Thomas N. Heffron
Director
Robert Warwick
Tommy Trotter
Lois Wilson
Miss Emsdale
Theodore Kosloff
Bosky
Edward Jobson
Corr McFadden
J. M. Dumont
Stuyvesant Smith
Film Details
Release Date
Jun
20,
1920
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.
Distribution Company
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount-Artcraft Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The City of Masks by George Barr McCutcheon (New York, 1918).
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
4,708ft
(5 reels)
Synopsis
Every Wednesday in the lower part of New York City, impoverished people of noble birth who are working at humble occupations gather at the home of the Duchess of Camelford, better known as Deborah the dressmaker. Among them is Lord Eric Temple (Tommy Trotter), a chauffeur who is in love with Lady Jane Thorne (Miss Emsdale), a governess employed by the Smith-Parvis family. When Stuyvesant, their son, makes a pass at Miss Emsdale, Lord Eric comes to her rescue and accidently injures him. For revenge, he plants marked money on Trotter, who is arrested but released in time to prevent Stuyvesant from kidnapping Miss Emsdale. When their royal lineage is revealed, they marry and Lord Eric is appointed to a diplomatic post.
Director
Thomas N. Heffron
Director
Cast
Robert Warwick
Tommy Trotter
Lois Wilson
Miss Emsdale
Theodore Kosloff
Bosky
Edward Jobson
Corr McFadden
J. M. Dumont
Stuyvesant Smith
Robert Dunbar
Mr. Smith-Parvis
Helen Dunbar
Mrs. Smith-Parvis
Anne Schaefer
Mrs. Jacobs
Frances Raymond
Madam Deborah
William Boyd
Carpenter
George Berrell
Bramble
Snitz Edwards
Drouillard
Richard Cummings
Moody
T. E. Duncan
Detective
Crew
Film Details
Release Date
Jun
20,
1920
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.
Distribution Company
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount-Artcraft Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The City of Masks by George Barr McCutcheon (New York, 1918).
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
4,708ft
(5 reels)
