The Spotlight
1927•50m•9.0•Released
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.
Director
Frank Tuttle
Writer
Hope Loring
Cast
Esther Ralston
Lizzie Stokes / Olga Rostova
Neil Hamilton
Norman Brooke
Nicholas Soussanin
Daniel Hoffman
Arlette Marchal
Maggie Courtney
Arthur Housman
Ebbetts
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