
Just as John Weston is committing suicide, a would-be burglar, Bert Manners, is startled by and shoots at his own reflection in a mirror. Bert is caught with the gun and is accused of murder.

The cinematic landscape of the early 1920s was often a battleground between theatrical tradition and the burgeoning visual language of the camera. In Face to Face (1922), directed and written by Harry Grossman, we witness a fascinating, if somewhat neglected, specimen of the silent melodrama that prioritizes psychologi...

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"The cinematic landscape of the early 1920s was often a battleground between theatrical tradition and the burgeoning visual language of the camera. In Face to Face (1922), directed and written by Harry Grossman, we witness a fascinating, if somewhat neglected, specimen of the silent melodrama that prioritizes psychological symbolism over mere plot progression. While the era was rife with slapstick like The Saphead, Grossman’s work leans into a grittier, more fatalistic register, examining how a s..."
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Harry Grossman
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