Masks and Faces

{{short description|1917 film}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Masks and Faces

| image =

| caption =

| director = Fred Paul

| producer = {{ubl|Fred Paul|Maurice Elvey}}

| writer = {{ubl|Charles Reade (novel)|Tom Taylor (play)|Benedict James}}

| starring = {{ubl|Johnston Forbes-Robertson|Irene Vanbrugh|Gerald du Maurier|Gladys Cooper}}

| music =

| cinematography =

| editing =

| studio = Ideal Film Company

| distributor = Ideal Film Company

| released = {{Film date|1917|03}}

| runtime = 6,700 feet

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =

}}

Masks and Faces is a 1917 British silent biographical film directed by Fred Paul and starring Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Irene Vanbrugh and Henry S. Irving.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090113223825/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/42096 BFI.org] The film depicts episodes from the life of the eighteenth-century Irish actress Peg Woffington. It is based on the 1852 play Masks and Faces by Charles Reade and Tom Taylor.