The Actress

Apr 27, 1928

1h 10m

★ 0.0

A romance behind the scenes after the curtain falls.

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Rose Trelawny

Norma Shearer

Tom Wrench

Owen Moore

Avonia

Gwen Lee

Colpoys

Lee Moran

Gadd

Roy D'Arcy

Mrs. Telfer

Virginia Pearson

Mr. Telfer

William Humphrey

Mrs. Mossop

Effie Ellsler

Arthur Gower

Ralph Forbes

Vice-Chancellor Sir William Gower

O. P. Heggie

Clara de Foenix

Andrée Tourneur

Capt. de Foenix

Cyril Chadwick

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