Masked Emotions

Masked Emotions
Masked Emotions
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Directed by	Kenneth Hawks
Written by	Harry Brand; Ben Markson; Douglas Z. Doty (titles)
Based on	Son of Anak; by Ben Ames Williams
Produced by	William Fox
Starring	George O'Brien
Cinematography	Sidney Wagner
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	June 23, 1929;
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Sound (Synchronized); (English Intertitles)

Masked Emotions is a 1929 American sound adventure crime drama film produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation starring George O'Brien and Nora Lane. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The screenplay was adapted from Ben Ames Williams' short story Son of Anak. David Butler began as director but had to leave the production to attend to a family emergency, and Kenneth Hawks then assumed directorial duties. The film's soundtrack was recorded using the Movietone sound-on-film process. The soundtrack was also transferred to discs for those theatres that were wired with sound-on-disc sound systems.

Plot edit

Set on the Maine coast, a young sloop skipper Bramdlet Dickery discovers a plot to smuggle alien Chinese into the United States. Bramdlet's younger brother Thad is enamored with daughter of the captain of the smuggling ship. A struggle over the smuggling ensues.