Skin Deep is a 1929 American sound (All-Talking) pre-Code drama film directed by Ray Enright and starring Monte Blue. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It was also released in the U.S. in a silent version for theaters not equipped yet with sound. The film is a remake of a 1922 Associated First National silent film of the same name directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Milton Sills.The AFI Catalog of Feature Film: Skin DeepProgressive Silent Film List: Skin Deep at silentera.com
Plot Gangster Joe Daley marries a chorus girl named Sadie, and decides to give up the rackets and surrender $100,000 to the DA . For this she turns on him and goes in with Blackie Culver, a rival gang lord, and they set Joe up to take the rap for stealing it. Joe is sent to prison, still unaware of Sadie's betrayal. She makes Joe believe the DA wants her, and he must save her by escaping. He does, and injures his face in the break out. Farm girl Elsa Langdon has her surgeon father remake his face. Now unrecognizable, Joe learns of Sadie's plot. and returns to the city.
Cast
Music The film featured a theme song entitled "I Came To You" which was composed by Con Conrad, Archie Gottler and Sidney Mitchell. The song was sung by Betty Compson in the film. The song is played frequently as background music by the Vitaphone orchestra throughout the film.
Preservation All copies of this film are now lost.Skin Deep at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Lost Films of Warner Brothers - 1929 However, the Vitaphone soundtrack, of music and effects, survive for the International Sound Version.
See also List of early sound feature films (1926–1929) List of early Warner Bros. sound and talking features Betty Compson filmography
References
External links
Page devoted to Skin Deep (Vitaphone Varieties) Lobby card