Masks can be used as camouflage or to deceive others - even for the good guys. Read More: Drive-in cinemas are booming in Germany amid COVID-19 restrictions Another version based on the same story of a French prisoner by author Alexandre Dumas hit cinemas in 1939. The 1929 movie The Iron Mask, starring Douglas Fairbanks, featured a swashbuckling mask-wearing hero. As "talkie" films came to the screen, some also featured facial coverings to great success. Is the mask about to take the spotlight?ĭuring the silent movie era, masked heroes were commonplace and popular with audiences, whether in horror, crime films and even comedies. And films crews and actors must wear masks on sets during the coronavirus crisis, it may only be the beginning for the facial covering.
Hiding identities, misleading the viewer for good or evil motives: the mask has a long history in movies.
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