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The Actress(1928)
Status: Released
Date: 1928-04-27
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A romance behind the scenes after the curtain falls.
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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.
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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
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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.
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1928-04-27
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A romance behind the scenes after the curtain falls.
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