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Upstage (film)

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Upstage
Directed byMonta Bell
Written byWalter DeLeon and Lorna Moon
StarringNorma Shearer
Oscar Shaw
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
7 November 1926
Running time
76 minutes
CountryTemplate:FilmUS
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Upstage, also known as The Mask of Comedy, is a 1926 film directed by Monta Bell, starring Norma Shearer and New York musical comedy star Oscar Shaw.

Plot

Dolly (Norma Shearer) is a stagestruck girl who gets her career petered out until she displays show-must-go-on courage by standing-in as target in a knife-throwing act.

Cast

  • Norma Shearer - Dolly Haven
  • Oscar Shaw - Johnny Storm
  • Tenen Holtz - Sam Davis
  • Gwen Lee - Dixie Mason
  • Dorothy Phillips - Miss Weaver
  • J. Frank Glendon - Mr. Weston
  • Ward Crane - Wallace King
  • Charles Meakin - Stage Manager