''The Actress'' is a

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1928 American silent drama film produced and distributed by

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. The film was directed by Sidney Franklin, and starred

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. This film was based on the 1898 play '' Trelawny of the "Wells"'' by

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that had first premiered on Broadway in 1898, starring Mary Mannering, which was revived by

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in 1911,

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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.''The Actress'' at silentera.com
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Plot

Cast

as Rose Trelawny *

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as Tom Wrench * Gwen Lee as Avonia * Lee Moran as Colpoys *

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as Gadd * Virginia Pearson as Mrs. Telfer *

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as Mr. Telfer * Effie Ellsler as Mrs. Mossop *

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as Arthur Gower *

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as Vice-Chancellor Sir William Gower * Andree Tourneur as Clara de Foenix * Cyril Chadwick as Captain de Foenix * Margaret Seddon as Miss Trafalgar Gower

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Lantern slide for the film
at the

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