The Actress (1928 film)

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

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 (1928-04-28) (U.S.)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

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. The play was first brought to the screen as a British made silent film Trelawny of the "Wells" in 1916.

This film is one of many lost MGM films dating from the 1920s.

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

External links

Lobby card

• 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