Film

The Actress

1928 · 1h 10m · Drama · Comedy

A romance behind the scenes after the curtain falls.

IMDb

5.8

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.

Norma Shearer

Rose Trelawny

Owen Moore

Tom Wrench

Gwen Lee

Avonia

Lee Moran

Colpoys

Roy D'Arcy

Gadd

Virginia Pearson

Mrs. Telfer

William Humphrey

Mr. Telfer

Effie Ellsler

Mrs. Mossop

Ralph Forbes

Arthur Gower

O. P. Heggie

Vice-Chancellor Sir William Gower

Andrée Tourneur

Clara de Foenix

Cyril Chadwick

Capt. de Foenix

Margaret Seddon

Miss Trafalgar Gower

• Sidney FranklinDirector
• Albert LewinWriter
• Richard SchayerWriter

Release date

April 27, 1928

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 10m

Genres

Drama, Comedy

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