The Actress

The Actress

70 mins | Drama, Comedy | April 27, 1928

A theatrical troupe from the west end of London loses its leading lady (Rose Trelawny) when she goes off to marry a rich young man from the other side of town (Arthur Gower). 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.

The Actress

70 mins | Drama, Comedy | April 27, 1928

The Actress
A theatrical troupe from the west end of London loses its leading lady (Rose Trelawny) when she goes off to marry a rich young man from the other side of town (Arthur Gower). 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.
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title The Actress
Directors Sidney Franklin
Writers Arthur Wing Pinero, Richard Schayer, Albert Lewin

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 Humphrey

as Mr. Telfer

Effie Ellsler

as Mrs. Mossop

Ralph Forbes

as Arthur Gower

O. P. Heggie

as Vice-Chancellor Sir William Gower

Andrée Tourneur

as Clara de Foenix

Cyril Chadwick

as Capt. de Foenix

Margaret Seddon

as Miss Trafalgar Gower