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Upstage is a american film of genre Drama directed by Monta Bell released in USA on 6 november 1926 with Norma Shearer
Upstage (1926)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 6 november 1926
Length 1h16
Directed by Monta Bell
OriginUSA
Themes Films about television
Rating68%
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.
Synopsis
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.Actors
Norma Shearer
(Dolly Haven)
Tenen Holtz
(Sam Davis)
Gwen Lee
(Dixie Mason)
Émile Chautard
Dorothy Phillips
(Miss Weaver)
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