The Face in the Fog

The Face in the Fog
Directed by	Alan Crosland
Written by	John Lynch (scenario) Jack Boyle (scenario)
Based on	Boston Blackie by Jack Boyle
Produced by	William Randolph Hearst (for Cosmopolitan Productions)
Starring	Lionel Barrymore Seena Owen
Cinematography	Ira H. Morgan Harold Wenstrom
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	October 8, 1922 (1922-10-08)
Running time	70 minutes; 7 reels (6,095 ft)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Face in the Fog is a 1922 American silent film produced by Cosmopolitan Productions and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Alan Crosland and starred Lionel Barrymore as detective Boston Blackie. An incomplete print is preserved at the Library of Congress.^[1][2][3][4]

Plot

The film is about the efforts of a group of Russian criminals to steal jewels from a Duchess.^[5]

Cast

• Lionel Barrymore – Boston Blackie Dawson
• Seena Owen – Grand Duchess Tatiana
• Lowell Sherman – Count Alexis Orloff
• George Nash – Huck Kant
• Louis Wolheim – Petrus
• Mary MacLaren – Mary Dawson
• Macey Harlam – Count Ivan
• Gustav von Seyffertitz – Michael
• Joe King – Detective Wren
• Tom Blake – Surtep
• Marie Burke – Olga
• Joseph W. Smiley – Police Captain
• Martin Faust – Ivan's valet
• Mario Majeroni – Grand Duke Alexis

References

1. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921–30 by the American Film Institute, c. 1971
2. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection p. 53, c. 1978 by The American Film Institute
3. Progressive Silent Film List: The Face in the Fog at silentera.com
4. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Face In The Fog
5. The Alaska daily empire (Juneau, Alaska), 27 Oct. 1924. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020657/1924-10-27/ed-1/seq-3/

External links

• The Face in the Fog at IMDb

A scene in the film with Lionel Barrymore and Seena Owen.