Film

The Spotlight

1927 · 50m · Comedy

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.

Esther Ralston

Lizzie Stokes / Olga Rostova

Neil Hamilton

Norman Brooke

Nicholas Soussanin

Daniel Hoffman

Arlette Marchal

Maggie Courtney

Arthur Housman

Ebbetts

• Frank TuttleDirector
• Hope LoringScreenplay
• Rita WeimanStory
• Louis D. LightonEditor

Release date

November 19, 1927

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

50m

Genres

Comedy

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