Illusion
1929•1h 24m•9.0•Released
Drama
A vaudeville magician team is broken up when Carlee, an ex--circus performer, becomes infatuated with socialite Hilda Schmittlap. Meanwhile his vaudeville partner, Claire, has chosen a new partner, but her "heart isn't in it" because she is disconsolate over Carlee. Curious about her new act, Carlee attends a performance and sees Claire nearly killed when she fails to substitute fake bullets for real ones. Rushing to her aid, Carlee realizes how much Claire means to him.
Director
Lothar Mendes
Writer
E. Lloyd Sheldon, Arthur Chesney Train, Richard H. Digges Jr.
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Cast
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
Carlee Thorpe
Nancy Carroll
Claire Jernigan
June Collyer
Hilda Schmittlap
Kay Francis
Zelda Paxton
Regis Toomey
Eric
Knute Erickson
Mr. Jacob Schmittlap
Eugenie Besserer
Mrs. Jacob Schmittlap
Maude Turner Gordon
Queen of Dalmatia
William Austin
Mr. Z
Emilie Melville
Mother Fay
Frances Raymond
Mrs. Y
Catherine Wallace
Mrs. Z
J.E. Nash
Mr. X
William McLaughlin
Mr. Y
Eddie Kane
Gus Bloomberg
Recommended
8.2
The Prestige
2006
6.2
The Serpent's Egg
1977
6.1
First Snow
2006
8.8
The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act
2026
6.7
The Human Voice
2020
6.9
Nightmare Alley
2021
5.9
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1977
6.4
Madame X
1966
6.4
The Beaver
2011
7
Before I Fall
2017
7
You Don't Know Jack
2010
6.5
The Double
2014
6.3
Upstream Color
2013
6.3
Is Anybody There?
2009
6.2
Circus World
1964
6.6
Stay
2005
5.8
The Ritual Killer
2023
7.6
The Game
1997
6.2
Hereafter
2010
6.4
Too Late Blues
1961
Similar Movies
6.1
Paper Man
1971
The Flower Darkens
2023
6.7
Amy and the Angel
1982
4.4
Loved
1997
10
Life of Mike
2025
Fifty-Four Days
2022
4.8
Conspiracy of Silence
2003
6.6
Marvelous and the Black Hole
2022
Magnificus the Magi
2019
6.8
A Gentle Woman
1969
6.3
The Burning Soil
1922
5.2
Bridgend
2015
4
Lost Dream
2009
5.9
Eye of God
1997
7.1
Melancholia
2011
Bullets
2017
5.5
Guernsey
2005
5.1
Wuthering High
2015
5.7
A Film for Friends
2011
6
As Long as Shotguns Remain
2014