Upstage (film)

{{short description|1926 film by Monta Bell}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Upstage

| image = Upstage.jpg

| caption =

| director = Monta Bell

| producer =

| writer = Lorna Moon (scenario)
Joe Farnham (titles)

| story = Walter DeLeon

| starring = Norma Shearer
Oscar Shaw

| cinematography = Gaetano Gaudio

| editing = Frank Sullivan

| distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

| released = {{Film date|1926|11|07}}

| runtime = 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.{{cite book|editor=White Munden, Kenneth|title=The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921-1930|year=1997|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=0-520-20969-9|page=852}}[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=12984 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Upstage]

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

Preservation status

  • A print of the film has been preserved by MGM.[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2795/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Upstage][http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/U/Upstage1926.html Upstage at silentera.com]

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