The Spotlight

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.

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EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Esther Ralston

Esther Ralston

Lizzie Stokes / Olga Rostova

Neil Hamilton

Neil Hamilton

Norman Brooke

Nicholas Soussanin

Daniel Hoffman

Arlette Marchal

Arlette Marchal

Maggie Courtney

Arthur Housman

Arthur Housman

Ebbetts

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