Upstage (film)

Upstage

Directed by	Monta Bell
Written by	Lorna Moon (scenario) Joe Farnham (titles)
Story by	Walter DeLeon
Starring	Norma Shearer Oscar Shaw
Cinematography	Gaetano Gaudio
Edited by	Frank Sullivan
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates	November 7, 1926 (1926-11-07)
Running time	76 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent English intertitles

Upstage (also known as The Mask of Comedy) is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film directed by Monta Bell, starring Norma Shearer and New York musical comedy star Oscar Shaw.^[1]

Plot

Dolly (Norma Shearer) is a stagestruck girl whose career has begun to wane 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
John T. Bambury - Midget (uncredited)

References

↑ White Munden, Kenneth, ed. (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921-1930. University of California Press. p. 852. ISBN 0-520-20969-9.

External links

Upstage at the Internet Movie Database
Upstage at AllMovie