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| |title=<center>The Actress (1928)</center>
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| '''''The Actress''''' is a 1928 silent film.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018619/ IMDb page] Retrieved 12 Mar '17.</ref> This film was directed by Sidney Franklin and starred Norma Shearer, Owen Moore, and Gwen Lee. <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Actress_(1928_film) Wikipedia article] Retrieved 12 Mar '17.</ref> It was first released in the USA. The film follows a theatrical troupe in London who loses their leading lady when she decides to get married.<ref>[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/490994/The-Actress/ TCM entry] Retrieved 12 Mar '17.</ref>
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| The film is noteworthy for being among the several film adaptations of the 1898 play ''Trelawny of the Wells'' by Arthur Wing Pinero. The play first premiered on Broadway in 1898, and it was adapted for film in England of the same name by Cecil Hepworth in 1916.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trelawny_of_the_Wells_(film) Wikipedia article on first Trelawny of the Wells film adaptation.] Retrieved 12 Mar '17.</ref> The film is also in the middle of star Norma Shearer's career, coming just two years before she received an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1930 for her role in ''The Divorcee''.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_Shearer Norma Shearer's Wikipedia page.] Retrieved 12 Mar '17.</ref>
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| This film is currently lost, and its whereabouts are unknown. It's not clear at this time whether or not it'll be released again.<ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/A/Actress1928.html SilentEra article about the film.] Retrieved 12 Mar '17.</ref>
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| [[Category:Lost films|Actress, The (lost silent film; 1928)]]
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