Stage Struck is a silent

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 comedy film

Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...

 starring Gloria Swanson

Gloria Swanson

Gloria Swanson was an American actress, singer and producer. She was one of the most prominent stars during the silent film era as both an actress and a fashion icon, especially under the direction of Cecil B. DeMille, made dozens of silents and was nominated for the first Academy Award in the...

, Lawrence Gray

Lawrence Gray

Lawrence Gray was an American actor of the 1920s and 1930s.During World War I he served in the U. S. Navy and gained a commission...

, Gertrude Astor

Gertrude Astor

Gertrude Astor was an American motion picture character actress, who began her career playing trombone on a riverboat.-Career:...

, and Ford Sterling

Ford Sterling

Ford Sterling was an American comedian and actor best known for his work with Keystone Studios. One of the 'Big 4' he was the original chief of the Keystone Cops.-Biography:...

. The film was directed by Allan Dwan

Allan Dwan

Allan Dwan was a pioneering Canadian-born American motion picture director, producer and screenwriter.-Early life:...

, and released by Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures

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 with sequences filmed in the early two-color Technicolor

Technicolor

Technicolor is a color motion picture process invented in 1916 and improved over several decades.It was the second major process, after Britain's Kinemacolor, and the most widely used color process in Hollywood from 1922 to 1952...

. The film, including its Technicolor sequences was restored by the George Eastman House

George Eastman House

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 film archive in 2004.

Plot

Jennie Hagan (Swanson) is a waitress who dreams of becoming a star. When a real theatrical diva (Astor) arrives in town, Jennie schemes to get a part on the stage.

Cast

• Gloria Swanson
  Gloria Swanson
  Gloria Swanson was an American actress, singer and producer. She was one of the most prominent stars during the silent film era as both an actress and a fashion icon, especially under the direction of Cecil B. DeMille, made dozens of silents and was nominated for the first Academy Award in the...
  
   as Jennie Hagen
• Lawrence Gray
  Lawrence Gray
  Lawrence Gray was an American actor of the 1920s and 1930s.During World War I he served in the U. S. Navy and gained a commission...
  
   as Orme Wilson
• Gertrude Astor
  Gertrude Astor
  Gertrude Astor was an American motion picture character actress, who began her career playing trombone on a riverboat.-Career:...
  
   as Lillian Lyons
• Oliver Sandys as Hilda Wagner
• Ford Sterling
  Ford Sterling
  Ford Sterling was an American comedian and actor best known for his work with Keystone Studios. One of the 'Big 4' he was the original chief of the Keystone Cops.-Biography:...
  
  as Buck
• Carrie Scott as Mrs. Wagner
• Emil Hoch as Mr. Wagner
• Margery Whittington as Soubrette

External links

• Stage Struck at IMDB
• Stage Struck at SilentEra
• Stage Struck at Allrovi
• Swedish poster for Stage Struck