The Actress
1928 · Sidney Franklin · 70 min
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.
Norma ShearerRose Trelawny
Owen MooreTom Wrench
Gwen LeeAvonia
Lee MoranColpoys
Roy D'ArcyGadd
Virginia PearsonMrs. Telfer
William HumphreyMr. Telfer
Effie EllslerMrs. Mossop
Ralph ForbesArthur Gower
O. P. HeggieVice-Chancellor Sir William GowerAndrée TourneurClara de Foenix
Cyril ChadwickCapt. de Foenix
Margaret SeddonMiss Trafalgar Gower
