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.
Plot Dolly 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.
Cast Norma Shearer - Dolly Haven Oscar Shaw - Johnny Storm Tenen Holtz - Sam Davis Gwen Lee - Dixie Mason Dorothy Phillips - Miss Weaver J. Frank Glendon - Mr. Weston Ward Crane - Wallace King Charles Meakin - Stage Manager John T. Bambury - Midget (uncredited)
Censorship Before Upstage could be exhibited in Kansas, the Kansas Board of Review required the elimination of the "bottle episode" and drinking out of bottle behind a curtain.
Preservation status A print of the film has been preserved by MGM.Upstage at silentera.com
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