False Faces

Rex Williams quarrels with his girl friend, night club singer Veda Ann Borg in her apartment. Band leader William Henry is present when she orders them both out. They leave, and proceed to go on a toot. The police pick them up,. When it turns out Williams' father is District Attorney Stanley Ridges, they are both let go. The next morning Miss Born is found dead and Ridges begins an investigation that he hopes will clear his son.

Ridges, as usual, gives a fine performance; he's a worried man and the audience can see why. George Sherman directs deliberately and efficiently, with a good cast that includes Joseph Crehan, Chester Clute, and Etta MacDaniel from a script by Curt Siodmak.

Despite his very American accent, Ridges was an Englishman who honed his acting in musical comedies with Beatrice Lillie. He became a Broadway matinee idol and appeared in a few silent movies. By the time his movie career got going, his hair was greying and he played mostly character roles. He died in 1951 at the age of 60.