Stage Struck (1925 film)

Stage Struck
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Directed by	Allan Dwan
Written by	Sylvia LaVarre (adaptation)
Screenplay by	Forrest Halsey
Story by	Frank R. Adams
Produced by	Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky
Starring	Gloria Swanson Lawrence Gray Gertrude Astor Ford Sterling
Cinematography	George Webber
Edited by	William LeBaron
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	November 16, 1925 (1925-11-16)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Stage Struck is a 1925 American silent comedy film starring Gloria Swanson, Lawrence Gray, Gertrude Astor, and Ford Sterling. The film was directed by Allan Dwan, and released by Paramount Pictures with the opening and ending sequences filmed in the early two-color Technicolor.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[1] Jennie Hagan, a waitress in a river town restaurant is in love with Orme Wilson, the hot cake artist, who is fond of actresses. She struggles hard to win him, even studying acting, and dreaming about the stage, and after many trials is successful.

Cast

• Gloria Swanson as Jennie Hagen
• Lawrence Gray as Orme Wilson
• Gertrude Astor as Lillian Lyons
• Oliver Sandys as Hilda Wagner
• Ford Sterling as Buck
• Carrie Scott as Mrs. Wagner
• Emil Hoch as Mr. Wagner
• Margery Whittington as Soubrette

Production notes

The majority of the film was shot in location in New Martinsville, West Virginia.^[2][3] Other sequences were shot at the Astoria Studio in Astoria, Queens.

Preservation

The film.

In 2004, the film, including its Technicolor sequences, was restored by the George Eastman House film archive. A copy of the film is also in the British Film Institute collection.^[4][5]

See also

• List of early color feature films

References

1. "New Pictures: Stage Struck", Exhibitors Herald, 23 (5), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 51, October 24, 1925, retrieved October 22, 2022 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
2. Foster, Charles (2000). Stardust and Shadows : Canadians in Early Hollywood. Dundurn. p. 114. ISBN 1-550-02348-9.
3. "On This Day in West Virginia History - August 20". archive.wvculture.org.
4. "Progressive Silent Film List: Stage Struck". www.silentera.com.
5. "Stage Struck". November 6, 1925 – via memory.loc.gov.

External links

• Stage Struck at IMDb
• Stage Struck at the TCM Movie Database
• Stage Struck at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
• Swedish poster for Stage Struck(Wayback Machine)
• US Paramount lobby poster
• Window card(Wayback machine)
• Stage Struck on YouTube