The Man Behind the Mask

The Man Behind the Mask
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Directed by	Michael Powell
Produced by	Joe Rock
Written by	Jack Byrd (adaptation); Syd Courtenay; Stanley Haynes; Ian Hay (dialogue)
Based on	the novel The Chase of the Golden Plate; by Jacques Futrelle
Starring	Hugh Williams; Jane Baxter; Maurice Schwartz
Music by	Cyril Ray
Cinematography	Ernest Palmer
Edited by	Sam Simmonds
Production; company	Joe Rock Productions
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	24 August 1936;
Running time	79 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Man Behind the Mask is a 1936 British mystery film directed by Michael Powell and starring Hugh Williams, Jane Baxter, Ronald Ward, Maurice Schwartz, George Merritt, Henry Oscar and Peter Gawthorne.[1] A man assaults and switches places with another at a masked ball, and then attempts a major theft – casting suspicion on the original man.[2]

The Man Behind the Mask was produced by Joe Rock, for Joe Rock Productions. It was made at one of the Elstree Studios.[3]

The Man Behind the Mask was missing from the BFI National Archive, and was one of three Powell films included on the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" list of lost films.[4] It is the last of Powell's "quota quickies".[4]

A print of the American release, titled Behind the Mask, has been found, but it is a cut version of the original UK film.[5]

Cast

Hugh Williams as Nick Barclay
Jane Baxter as Lady June Slade
Ronald Ward as Jimmy Slade
Maurice Schwartz as The Master (Paul Melchior)
George Merritt as Det. Insp. Mallory
Henry Oscar as Interpol Detective ("Voltaire")
Donald Calthrop as Dr. Harold E. Walpole
Kitty Kelly as Marian Weeks
Wilfrid Caithness as Raines - the butler
Peter Gawthorne as Lord Slade
Gerald Fielding as Harrah
Reginald Tate as Allan Hayden
Moyra Fagan as Nada
Ivor Barnard as Hewitt
Barbara Everest as Lady Slade
Hal Gordon as Sergeant
Syd Crossley as Policeman
Henry Caine as Beetson - Nick's Butler
Esma Cannon as Waitress
Cameron Hall

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References

The Man Behind the Mask on IMDb
The Man Behind the Mask at the British Film Institute's Film and TV Database
Wood p.91
"The Man Behind the Mask / BFI Most Wanted". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012.
"Crown v. Stevens (1936)". BFI Screenonline. His following assignment, The Man Behind The Mask (which does exist, but in a much truncated form with a private collector) was released only three weeks after Crown ...

Bibliography

Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

BFI 75 Most Wanted entry, with extensive notes
The Man Behind the Mask on IMDb

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[1] The Man Behind the Mask on IMDb

[2] The Man Behind the Mask at the British Film Institute's Film and TV Database

[3] Wood p.91

[BFI75-4] "The Man Behind the Mask / BFI Most Wanted". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012.

[5] "Crown v. Stevens (1936)". BFI Screenonline. His following assignment, The Man Behind The Mask (which does exist, but in a much truncated form with a private collector) was released only three weeks after Crown ...