The Spotlight

Lizzie Stokes, an obscure and colorless actress, is elevated to stardom through publicity and better coaching from Daniel Hoffman, a theatrical producer. As Olga Rostova, an exotic Russian, she meets Norman Brooke, whose infatuation turns to love. Hoffman suggests that Norman could never care for Lizzie and proves his point. Heartbroken, Lizzie decides to see no more of him. On closing night, when he proposes to her in her dressing room and she refuses, Norman declares he must believe all the lurid details of her past; in desperation, she bares her true identity, only to find it is not her glamorous image but rather her real self that he loves.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Comedy

Duration:

50 minutes

Year:

1927

Director:

Frank Tuttle

Cast:
Esther Ralston

Lizzie Stokes / Olga Rostova

Neil Hamilton

Norman Brooke

Nicholas Soussanin

Daniel Hoffman

Arlette Marchal

Maggie Courtney

Arthur Housman

Ebbetts

Crew:
Frank Tuttle

Director

Hope Loring

Adaptation

Rita Weiman

Story

Victor Milner

Cinematography

Louis D. Lighton

Editor