The Faker

1929
Passed
1h 1m

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Frank Clayton (Gaston Glass), the worthless disinherited son of a wealthy man, John Clayton (Charles Hill Mailes), hires Hardain (Warner Oland), a phony spiritualist to arranger a fake seanc... Read allFrank Clayton (Gaston Glass), the worthless disinherited son of a wealthy man, John Clayton (Charles Hill Mailes), hires Hardain (Warner Oland), a phony spiritualist to arranger a fake seance in the hope that a fabricated message from his late mother will change his father's mind... Read allFrank Clayton (Gaston Glass), the worthless disinherited son of a wealthy man, John Clayton (Charles Hill Mailes), hires Hardain (Warner Oland), a phony spiritualist to arranger a fake seance in the hope that a fabricated message from his late mother will change his father's mind. Complications soon arise.

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Seems to be a lost movie

In a recent trip to the Library of Congress I got to check out the one clip that seems to exist from this film. It was about 3-4 minutes long and shows the characters sitting at a séance that is being prepared by Warner Oland's character. Oland's face is seen in a jump cut at the beginning and that's it. Quite a bit of silly typical 20's comedy from these socialite characters. Seems like the movie was a light comedy-drama, though, there may have been some spooky moments in the séance scenes. For what it's worth, the safety print clip looked gorgeous. The plot, I believe, concerns Oland playing a phony mystic named Hadrian who swindles socialites.