Upstage (film)

Upstage
Directed by Monta Bell
Written by Lorna Moon (scenario)
Joe Farnham (titles)
Story by Walter DeLeon
Starring Norma Shearer
Oscar Shaw
Cinematography Gaetano Gaudio
Edited by Frank Sullivan
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • November 7, 1926 (1926-11-07)
Running time
 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.[1][2]

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

Preservation status

  • A print of the film has been preserved by MGM.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ White Munden, Kenneth, ed. (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921-1930. University of California Press. p. 852. ISBN 0-520-20969-9.
  2. ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Upstage
  3. ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Upstage
  4. ↑ Upstage at silentera.com


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