The Actress

The Actress (1928)

10.0 70 min Movie
DramaComedy

A romance behind the scenes after the curtain falls.

A theatrical troupe from the west end of London loses its leading lady when she goes off to marry a rich young man from the other side of town. The rest of the play deals with the budding romance and trials and tribulations of their love, as well as the changing face of late-19th-century theatre.

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Cast

Norma Shearer Norma Shearer Rose Trelawny
Owen Moore Owen Moore Tom Wrench
Gwen Lee Gwen Lee Avonia
Lee Moran Lee Moran Colpoys
Roy D'Arcy Roy D'Arcy Gadd
Virginia Pearson Virginia Pearson Mrs. Telfer
William Humphrey William Humphrey Mr. Telfer
Effie Ellsler Effie Ellsler Mrs. Mossop
Ralph Forbes Ralph Forbes Arthur Gower
O. P. Heggie O. P. Heggie Vice-Chancellor Sir William Gower
Andrée Tourneur Andrée Tourneur Clara de Foenix
Cyril Chadwick Cyril Chadwick Capt. de Foenix

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