# Mixed Faces > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mixed_Faces > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mixed_Faces.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_Faces > Source revision: 1347879766 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) ***Mixed Faces*** is a 1922 American silent [comedy film](/source/Comedy_film) directed by [Rowland V. Lee](/source/Rowland_V._Lee) and starring [William Russell](/source/William_Russell_(American_actor)), [Renée Adorée](/source/Ren%C3%A9e_Ador%C3%A9e), [DeWitt Jennings](/source/DeWitt_Jennings), Elizabeth Garrison, and [Charles K. French](/source/Charles_K._French). The film was released by [Fox Film Corporation](/source/Fox_Film_Corporation) on October 22, 1922.[1][2][3] ## Plot As described in *[Exhibitors Herald](/source/Exhibitors_Herald)*: Judge Granger is dating with the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sayre. They are in favor of the match but the girl finds him too self centered and she longs for romance. She leaves for the city and promises to write her answer to him. Jimmy Gallop, a traveling fire extinguisher salesman from the small town named Media, who so just look like the Judge too closely that the locals cannot tell them apart. Jimmy leaves for New York and accidentally encounter the Judge's girlfriend, Mary there. She also mistakes him for the Judge and invite him to her apartment. She eventually realizes that Judge Granger has romance in his soul. During the political campaign, Jimmy Gallop is bribed by the judge's opponents to deliver an address impersonating as him while they themselves abduct the judge away. This almost damages the judge's chances of be re-elected and he is unable to convince the people of the mistake. His sweetheart also sees that he does not act the same as when he was in the apartment.Jimmy offers to do his part in squaring matters and appears on the platform with the judge to tell of the trick. Meanwhile he has replaced the judge's position in the girl's affections and she is convinced that it is Jimmy and not the judge that she loves. The judge transfers his affections to his waiting secretary.[4] ## Cast - [William Russell](/source/William_Russell_(American_actor)) as Judge J. Woodworth Granger / Jimmy Gallop - [Renée Adorée](/source/Ren%C3%A9e_Ador%C3%A9e) as Mary Allen Sayre - [DeWitt Jennings](/source/DeWitt_Jennings) as Murray McGuire - Elizabeth Garrison as Mrs. Sayre - [Charles French](/source/Charles_K._French) as Mr. Sayre - [Aileen Manning](/source/Aileen_Manning) as Mrs. Molly Crutcher - [Harvey Clarke](/source/Harvey_Clark_(actor)) as William Haskins ## Reception The film received mixed reviews from critics. [Moving Picture World](/source/Moving_Picture_World) gave this film a positive review, praising its story, performances of William Russell and Renée Adorée, while photography gets some criticism stating not always up to the best standard.[5] [Exhibitors Herald](/source/Exhibitors_Herald) and [The Film Daily](/source/The_Film_Daily) gave the negative reviews, former finding actor having simultaneously play two roles confusing and one coming in the middle of this film wouldn't know what it is all about.[6] Latter criticizing unoriginally of story regarding the combination of comedy and melodrama but that isn't sufficiently strong to make a good film and some comedy bits were being marked as too short and not important. The cast were considered fair by them.[7] ## Preservation The film is presumed [lost](/source/Lost_film), as no copies were known to exist.[8] ## See also - [List of lost films](/source/List_of_lost_films) - [1937 Fox vault fire](/source/1937_Fox_vault_fire) ## References 1. ["Mixed Faces"](http://www.afi.com/members//catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=10815). *afi.com*. Retrieved May 2, 2019. 1. ["Mixed Faces"](https://www.allmovie.com/movie/mixed-faces-am136206). *AllMovie*. Retrieved May 2, 2019. 1. ["Mixed Faces"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180831072151/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/496751/Mixed-Faces/). *Turner Classic Movies*. Archived from [the original](https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/496751/mixed-faces) on August 31, 2018. Retrieved May 2, 2019. 1. ["Mixed Faces"](https://archive.org/details/exhibitorstr00newy/page/1314). *[Exhibitors Herald](/source/Exhibitors_Herald)*. October 14, 1922. p. 119. 1. Kelly, Mary (October 14, 1922). ["William Russell Doubles in Amusing Story Pictured by Fox"](https://archive.org/details/movingpicturewor58sept/page/596). *[Moving Picture World](/source/Moving_Picture_World)*. p. 597. 1. ["Mildly interesting picture of political intrigue; Russell in a dual role with Renee Adoree, DeWitt Jennings and Charles French in support. A redundance of subtitles and slight story offset by good work of star"](https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald15exhi_0/page/n391). *[Exhibitors Herald](/source/Exhibitors_Herald)*. October 28, 1922. p. 66. 1. ["Russell Good in Dual Role But Story is a Bit Weak"](https://archive.org/details/movingpicturewor58sept/page/596). *[The Film Daily](/source/The_Film_Daily)*. October 1, 1922. p. 18. 1. ["American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: *Mixed Faces*"](https://web.archive.org/web/20230321051736/http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8081/default.html). [Library of Congress](/source/Library_of_Congress). Archived from [the original](http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8081/default.html) on March 21, 2023. Retrieved March 23, 2025. ## External links - [Mixed Faces](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013397/) at IMDb --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mixed Faces](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_Faces) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_Faces?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.