Stage Struck
(1925) United States of America
Color/B&W : Seven reels / 6691 feet
Directed by Allan Dwan
Cast: Gloria Swanson [Jenny Hagen], Lawrence Gray [Orme Wilson], Gertrude Astor [Lillian Lyons], Marguerite Evans [Hilda Wagner], Ford Sterling [Waldo Buck], [?] Carrie Scott or Hilda Scott? [Mrs. Wagner], Emil Hoch [Mr. Wagner], Margery Whittington [soubrette], Jack McLain, Jim Cassady, [?] ? [Tiny Wagner]
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation [An Allan Dwan Production; A Paramount Picture]. / Produced by Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky. Screen play (scenario) by Forrest Halsey, from the adaptation by Sylvia La Varre of a screen story by Frank R. Adams. Art direction by Van Nest Polglase. Costume design by René Hubert. Properties by Walter Rossi. Properties assistants, I. Osterhoff, E. Butler and L. Biroc. Location and financial management by Arthur Cozine. Hairdressing by Adolph Senz. First assistant director, Rodney Hickock. Second assistant director, Harold Foshay. Additional assistant director, Joe Pasternak. Comedy direction by Arvil Gillstrom. Photographed (cinematography) by George Webber. Second camera operator, Lee Tover. Camera assistants, Frank Landi and Karl Thomas. Stills photography by B. Backrash. Supervising film editor, William Le Baron. Presented by Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky. / © 16 November 1925 by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [LP22007]. World premiere, 7 November 1925 at the James Grand Theatre in Columbus, Ohio. Released 16 November 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 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. FilmYearBook-1926 p. 55 mistakenly lists House Peters as a member of the cast.
Comedy-Drama.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F2 n. F2.5364.
Survival status: Print exists in the George Eastman Museum film archive [35mm positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Color cinematography - USA: West Virginia: New Martinsville
Listing updated: 30 January 2024.
References: Film credits, film viewing : AFI-F2 n. F2.5364; Basten-Technicolor p. 169; Bogdanovich-Dwan pp. 9, 78-79; Everson-American p. 203; FilmYearBook-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 : FilmDaily-19251110 p. 3 : Website-AFI; Website-GEM; Website-IMDb.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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