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Skin Deep

1929 · 64 min

A moody pre-Code melodrama of double-crosses and stolen faces, creaky but charged with bitter, wounded momentum.

Tagline
A Warner Bros. Vitaphone all talking story of a woman who double-crossed the whole world, including herself!
Overview
Skin Deep is a 1929 American talking drama film directed by Ray Enright and starring Monte Blue. It was produced and distributed by the Warner Brothers. It was also released in the U.S. in a silent version for theaters not equipped yet with sound. The film is a remake of a 1922 Associated First National silent film of the same name directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Milton Sills. All copies of this film are now lost. However, the Vitaphone soundtrack, of music and effects, survive.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • revenge
  • crime
  • identity
  • deception
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • prison
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour2
Realism6
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
crime, drama
Directed by
Ray Enright
Written by
Gordon Rigby
Starring
Monte Blue, Betty Compson, Davey Lee, Alice Day, John Davidson, John Bowers, Georgie Stone, Tully Marshall
Runtime
64 min
Country
United States of America

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