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    Masked Figures in Entertainment

    Claude Rains starred in "the Phantom of the Opera" as a man who wore a mask. Why did he wear it?Masked Figures in Entertainment

      To hide his disfigured face. Fine actor with a long career. The face was disfigured, and so...

    Zorro also had a movie career, most notably in the classic movie "The Mark of Zorro". Who played Zorro?Masked Figures in Entertainment

      Tyrone Power. Cute tongue-in-cheek swashbuckler with Power and Linda Darnell.

    Zorro was another legendary masked figure from TV. Who played him?Masked Figures in Entertainment

      Guy Williams. Jones played Jesse James in the TV series of the same name. O'Brian played Wyatt Earp in the TV series of the same name. Gulager played Billy the Kid in the TV series "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. (Barry Sullivan played Pat Garrett.)

    The protagonist in one of Hitchcock's movies wears a costume (complete with mask) at a costume ball in order to evade the police and further his own purpose. Who played this character?Masked Figures in Entertainment

      Cary Grant. Grant appears as a costumed figure who accompanies Grace Kelly to the ball in "To Catch a Thief". Vintage Hitchcock.

    Mozart is taunted by a man wearing a mask in "Amadeus". Who (other than Mozart's father, Leopold) wore the mask?Masked Figures in Entertainment

      Salieri. Fine play by Peter Shaffer; fine movie, too - with great performances by F. Murray Abraham (Salieri) and Tom Hulce (Mozart).

    The hero of "Scaramouche" wears a mask to avoid his enemies and pursuers. Who wrote the novel?Masked Figures in Entertainment

      Rafael Sabatini. Stewart Granger played the character in the movie. Leroux wrote "Phantom of the Opera".

    Buttons the clown (played by James Stewart) always wore his make-up in "The Greatest Show On Earth" in order to avoid the police. What was his crime?Masked Figures in Entertainment

      Murder. It was a "mercy killing".

    The use of masks in the theatre was popular in ancient times, but not in modern theatre. Eugene O'Neill revived the custom in one of his plays. Which one?Masked Figures in Entertainment

      The Great God Brown. When you're a great dramatist, you can try anything, I guess.

    Another famous masked figure is "The Man In The Iron Mask". Who wrote the novel?Masked Figures in Entertainment

      Alexandre Dumas. Intrigue surrounds this story: it's unclear whether it's pure fiction or whether it's based on fact.

    Without doubt, the most famous masked figure (at least in the U.S.) is "The Lone Ranger". Who played him on TV?Masked Figures in Entertainment

      Clayton Moore. Moore played him for years; Silverheels played Tonto. Spillsbury played him in the movies in "The Legend of The Lone Ranger". Shayne was in the TV version of "Superman".

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