The Actress (1928)

Director: Sidney Franklin

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.

Cast

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