Directed by Charles Villiers Written by Gertrude Lockwood Initial release 1919 Cinematography Lacey Percival | Produced by David B. O'Connor Starring David B. O'Connor Director Charles Villiers | |
Based on play by F. Brooke Warren Production
company D.B. O'Connor Feature Films Similar The Man from Snowy Ri, Desert Gold, Robbery Under Arms | ||
The Face at the Window is a 1919 Australian silent film about a master criminal and murderer chased after by the police. It was based on a popular 1897 play.
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Plot
In Paris, a thief and murderer known as Le Loup (actually Lucio Delgrade) hides his identity behind a mask and howls before he kills his victims. He has killed 36 people in all. He kills a caretaker while rifling a safe. Then he stabs a banker, M. de Brison, whose daughter Marie has spurned his advances. Detective Paul Gouffet investigates but Le Loup kills him. However the detective is revived from the dead through a device invented from a mad doctor and his hand writes the name of Le Loup's real identity. The police go after him and Le Loup is shot while trying to escape.
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Production
The movie was one of several based on a popular stage play. It was shot in the Rushcutters Bay study in March and April 1918. Censors requested the deletion of a scene where a policemen is stabbed by Le Loup.
It was the film debut of popular stage actor Agnes Dobson. She later reprised the role on stage.
Reception
The film was a popular success and was widely seen
Variety called it "the rankest kind of melodrama... might do as burlesque."