Masked Emotions is a 1929 American sound adventure crime drama film produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation starring George O'Brien and Nora Lane. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The screenplay was adapted from Ben Ames Williams' short story Son of Anak. David Butler began as director but had to leave the production to attend to a family emergency, and Kenneth Hawks then assumed directorial duties. The film's soundtrack was recorded using the Movietone sound-on-film process. The soundtrack was also transferred to discs for those theatres that were wired with sound-on-disc sound systems.

Masked Emotions
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Directed byKenneth Hawks
Written byHarry Brand
Ben Markson
Douglas Z. Doty (titles)
Based onSon of Anak
by Ben Ames Williams
Produced byWilliam Fox
StarringGeorge O'Brien
CinematographySidney Wagner
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • June 23, 1929 (1929-06-23)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSound (Synchronized)
(English Intertitles)

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Set on the Maine coast, a young sloop skipper Bramdlet Dickery discovers a plot to smuggle alien Chinese into the United States. Bramdlet's younger brother Thad is enamored with daughter of the captain of the smuggling ship. A struggle over the smuggling ensues.

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