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
- 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)
Preservation status
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0017508}}
{{Monta Bell}}
Category:1926 romantic drama films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
Category:Silent American romantic drama films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:English-language romantic drama films
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