Behind Masks

{{short description|1921 film}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Behind Masks

| image = Behind Masks poster.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Frank Reicher

| producer = Adolph Zukor

| screenplay = Kathryn Stuart

| starring = Dorothy Dalton
Frederick Vogeding
William P. Carleton
Julia Swayne Gordon
Gladys Valerie
Kempton Greene

| music =

| cinematography = Gilbert Warrenton

| editing =

| studio = Famous Players–Lasky Corporation

| distributor = Paramount Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1921|7|24}}

| runtime = 50 minutes

| country = United States

| language = Silent (English intertitles)

| budget =

| gross =

| based_on = {{based on|Jeanne of the Marshes (novel)|E. Phillips Oppenheim}}

}}

Behind Masks is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Frank Reicher. It was written by Kathryn Stuart based upon the 1909 novel Jeanne of the Marshes by E. Phillips Oppenheim.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/B/BehindMasks1921.html Progressive Silent Film List: Behind Masks] at silentera.com The film stars Dorothy Dalton, Frederick Vogeding, William P. Carleton, Julia Swayne Gordon, Gladys Valerie, and Kempton Greene. The film was released on July 24, 1921, by Paramount Pictures.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/84698/Behind-Masks/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403094404/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/84698/Behind-Masks/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 3, 2015|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide|author=Janiss Garza|date=2015|title=Behind-Masks - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com|accessdate=January 25, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=1&Movie=2788|title=Behind Masks|work=afi.com|accessdate=January 25, 2015}}

A copy of the film is in the Library of Congress, but is incomplete.Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p.13 c.1978 by The American Film Institute[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1659/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Behind Masks]