Behind the Make-Up

Behind the Make-Up

70 mins | Drama | Jan. 18, 1930

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.

Behind the Make-Up

70 mins | Drama | Jan. 18, 1930

Behind the Make-Up
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.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers Paramount
Original title Behind the Make-Up
Directors Robert Milton, Dorothy Arzner
Writers George Manker Watters, Howard Estabrook, Mildred Cram

Cast

Hal Skelly

as Hap Brown

William Powell

as Gardoni

Fay Wray

as Marie Gardoni

Kay Francis

as Kitty Parker

E.H. Calvert

as Dawson

Paul Lukas

as Boris

Agostino Borgato

as Pierre

Jacques Vanaire

as Valet

Jean De Briac

as Sculptor

Torben Meyer

as Waiter

Bob Perry

as Bartender

Walter Huston

as Joe in Clark & White's Office (uncredited)