| The Actress | |
|---|---|
 1928 lobby poster | |
| Directed by | Sidney Franklin |
| Written by |
Albert Lewin Richard Schayer Joseph Farnham (intertitles) |
| Based on |
Trelawny of the "Wells" 1898 play by Arthur Wing Pinero |
| Produced by |
Louis B. Mayer Irving Thalberg |
| Starring | Norma Shearer |
| Cinematography | William H. Daniels |
| Edited by | Conrad A. Nervig |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. [1] |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
The Actress is a lost 1928 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was directed by Sidney Franklin, and starred Norma Shearer.
This film was based on the 1898 play Trelawny of the "Wells" by Arthur Wing Pinero that had first premiered on Broadway in 1898, starring Mary Mannering, which was revived by Ethel Barrymore in 1911, Laurette Taylor in 1925, and at the time this film was produced (1927) by Helen Gahagan. [2] The play was first brought to the screen as a British made silent film Trelawny of the "Wells" in 1916.
This film is one of many lost MGM films dating from the 1920s. [3]
Plot
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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
- William J. Humphrey as Mr. Telfer
- Effie Ellsler as Mrs. Mossop
- Ralph Forbes as Arthur Gower
- O. P. Heggie as Vice-Chancellor Sir William Gower
- Andree Tourneur as Clara de Foenix
- Cyril Chadwick as Captain de Foenix
- Margaret Seddon as Miss Trafalgar Gower
References
External links
- The Actress at IMDb
- The Actress at AllMovie
- The Actress at the TCM Movie Database
- The Actress at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Lantern slide for the film at the Cleveland Public Library
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- 1928 films
- 1928 drama films
- Silent American drama films
- American silent feature films
- American black-and-white films
- Films about actors
- Films about theatre
- American films based on plays
- Films directed by Sidney Franklin
- Lost American drama films
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
- 1928 lost films
- English-language drama films
- 1920s American films
- Films with screenplays by Richard Schayer
- 1920s English-language films
- 1920s silent drama film stubs