L'uomo senza volto

Paramount changed its name on the big arch to Major Attractions as the name of the studio in the film.

Their latest film is a remake of a silent, The Song of the Toreador. The previous star of the film was a man pictured wearing a turban, who died before talkies. Gosh who could he have been modeled after?

The talkie promises to make the lead, Neil Dubeck (Rod La Roque) a huge star. But Neil is distracted because he is receiving notes predicting he will be murdered before the end of the preview.

In a way, the murder is a blessing as after his performance, he would have had to change his name and move to Ecuador. His singing sounded like a billy goat and his body was so stiff his costar, Gail Patrick, could have pushed him over with her index finger.

With that murder, one other, and the leading lady's life threatened, it falls to the studio publicist (Reginald Denny) to attempt to catch the killer by having him or her step into his office and trip a camera flash.

I think Reginald Denny and Gail Patrick were slumming. I didn't like Rod LaRoque as The Shadow and I didn't like him here.