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Also known as Actress

1928 film by Sidney Franklin

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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.

Released: 1928-04-2770 minDir: Sidney FranklinDrama, Comedy

Cast

  • Norma Shearer as Rose Trelawny
  • Owen Moore as Tom Wrench
  • Gwen Lee as Avonia
  • Lee Moran as Colpoys
  • Roy D'Arcy as Gadd
  • Virginia Pearson as Mrs. Telfer

Themes

  • based on play or musical
  • lost film

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Ratings

IMDb

6/10

30 votes

Year
1928
Runtime
70 min
Genres
Comedy, Drama

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Screenwriter
Albert Lewin
Cast member
Virginia Pearson
Production company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cinematographer
William H. Daniels
Image
Norma Shearer Irving Thalberg 1928.JPG
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publication date
1928-01-01
film editor
Conrad A. Nervig
title
The Actress
production designer
Cedric Gibbons
distributed by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
after a work by
Arthur Wing Pinero
different from
The Actress
Commons category
The Actress (1928)
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