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Behind the Make-Up(1930)
Status: Released
Date: 1930-01-18
62%
4 Votes
Time: 1h 10m
Overview:
Gardoni, a down-on-his-luck vaudeville performer, is taken in by a fellow performer, a clown who has a bicycle riding act. Gardoni shows his appreciation by stealing the clown's act and his girlfriend, whom he marries.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Behind the Make-Up
Top 10 Billed Cast
Hal Skelly
Hap Brown
William Powell
Gardoni
Fay Wray
Marie Gardoni
Kay Francis
Kitty Parker
E.H. Calvert
Dawson
Paul Lukas
Boris
Jean De Briac
Sculptor
Torben Meyer
Waiter
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