Stage Struck (1925 film)

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Stage Struck
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Directed by Allan Dwan
Written bySylvia LaVarre (adaptation)
Screenplay by Forrest Halsey
Story by Frank R. Adams
Produced by Adolph Zukor
Jesse L. Lasky
Starring Gloria Swanson
Lawrence Gray
Gertrude Astor
Ford Sterling
Cinematography George Webber
Edited by William LeBaron
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • November 16, 1925 (1925-11-16)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Stage Struck is a 1925 American silent comedy film starring Gloria Swanson, Lawrence Gray, Gertrude Astor, and Ford Sterling. The film was directed by Allan Dwan, and released by Paramount Pictures with the opening and ending sequences filmed in the early two-color Technicolor.

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, [1] Jennie Hagan, a waitress in a river town restaurant is in love with Orme Wilson, the hot cake artist, who is fond of actresses. She struggles hard to win him, even studying acting, and dreaming about the stage, and after many trials is successful.

Cast

Production notes

The majority of the film was shot in location in New Martinsville, West Virginia. [2] [3] Other sequences were shot at the Astoria Studio in Astoria, Queens.

Preservation

The film.

In 2004, the film, including its Technicolor sequences, was restored by the George Eastman House film archive. A copy of the film is also in the British Film Institute collection. [4] [5]

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References

  1. "New Pictures: Stage Struck", Exhibitors Herald, Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company, 23 (5): 51, October 24, 1925, retrieved October 22, 2022PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  2. Foster, Charles (2000). Stardust and Shadows : Canadians in Early Hollywood . Dundurn. p.  114. ISBN   1-550-02348-9.
  3. "On This Day in West Virginia History - August 20". archive.wvculture.org.
  4. "Progressive Silent Film List: Stage Struck". www.silentera.com.
  5. "Stage Struck". November 6, 1925 via memory.loc.gov.