The Actress (1928 film)

The Actress
The Actress
	1928 lobby poster
Directed by	Sidney Franklin
Written by	Albert Lewin ; Richard Schayer ; Joseph Farnham (intertitles)
Based on	Trelawny of the "Wells" ; 1898 play; by Arthur Wing Pinero
Produced by	Louis B. Mayer ; Irving Thalberg
Starring	Norma Shearer
Cinematography	William H. Daniels
Edited by	Conrad A. Nervig
Production; company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp.
Release date	April 28, 1928(U.S.);
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent; English intertitles

Last updated September 04, 2025

The Actress is a lost ^[2] 1928 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was directed by Sidney Franklin, and starred Norma Shearer.^[3]

This film was based on the 1898 play Trelawny of the "Wells" by Arthur Wing Pinero that had first premiered on Broadway in 1898, starring Mary Mannering, which was revived by Ethel Barrymore in 1911, Laurette Taylor in 1925, and at the time this film was produced (1927) by Helen Gahagan.^[4] The play was first brought to the screen as a British made silent film Trelawny of the "Wells" in 1916.

Plot

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 J. Humphrey as Mr. Telfer
Effie Ellsler as Mrs. Mossop
Ralph Forbes as Arthur Gower
O. P. Heggie as Vice-Chancellor Sir William Gower
Andree Tourneur as Clara de Foenix
Cyril Chadwick as Captain de Foenix
Margaret Seddon as Miss Trafalgar Gower

Preservation

With no holdings located in archives, The Actress is considered a lost film.^[2] This film is one of many lost MGM films dating from the 1920s.

References

↑ The Actress at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
1 2 "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Actress". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
↑ The Actress at silentera.com
↑ Trelawney of the "Wells" original 1898 Broadway debut and the many revivals over the years; IBDb.com database

External links

The Actress at IMDb
The Actress at AllMovie
The Actress at the TCM Movie Database
The Actress at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Lantern slide for the film at the Cleveland Public Library

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[1] The Actress at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

[:0-2] 1 2 "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Actress". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved September 3, 2025.

[3] The Actress at silentera.com

[4] Trelawney of the "Wells" original 1898 Broadway debut and the many revivals over the years; IBDb.com database

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