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Gloria Swanson.
Photo: courtesy Photofest and The San Francisco Silent Film
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Stage Struck
(1925) American
C/B&W : Seven reels / 6691 feet
Directed by Allan Dwan
Cast: Gloria Swanson [Jennie Hagen], Lawrence Gray [Olme Wilson], Gertrude Astor [Lillian Lyons], Marguerite Evans [Hilda Wagner], Ford Sterling [Waldo Buck], Carrie Scott [Mrs. Wagner], Emil Hoch [Mr. Wagner], Margery Whittington [soubrette]
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Produced by Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky. Scenario by Forrest Halsey, from the adaptation by Sylvia La Varre of a story by Frank R. Adams. Art direction by Van Nest Polglase. Costume design by Rene Hubert. Cinematography by George Webber. / © 16 November 1925 by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [LP22007]. Released 16 November 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. Technicolor two-strip color process sequence. / Working title: Screen Struck. Color film was used for the opening and ending sequences of the film. Some location footage was shot in New Martinsville, West Virginia. FilmDaily-1926 p. 55 mistakenly lists House Peters as a member of the cast.
Comedy.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F2 n. F2.5364.
Survival Status: Print exists in the International Museum of Photography and Film at George Eastman House film archive.
Keywords: Color cinematography - USA: West Virginia: New Martinsville
Listing updated: 20 April 2007.
References: AFI-F2 n. F2.5364; Basten-Technicolor p. 169; Bogdanovich-Dwan pp. 9, 78-79; Everson-American p. 203; FilmDaily-1926 pp. 55, 61; Higashi-Virgins pp. 103, 104, 105; Hudson-Swanson pp. 182, 183; Quirk-Swanson pp. 16, 188, 189, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195.
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