Name: Behind the Scenes
Released: 1914
Cast: Mary Pickford, James Kirkwood, Lowell Sherman, Ida Waterman, Russell Bassett

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Release Date

Oct 26, 1914

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

Famous Players Film Co.

Distribution Company

Paramount Pictures Corp.

Country

United States

Screenplay Information

Based on the play Behind the Scenes by Margaret Mayo (pseud. of Lillian Clatten) (production undetermined).

Technical Specs

Sound

Silent

Color

Black and White

Theatrical Aspect Ratio

1.33 : 1

Film Length

5 reels

Synopsis

Dolly Lane, an aspiring actress, devotes herself completely to her career until she meets and falls in love with Steve Hunter. When Steve loses his fortune, the newly married couple moves in with a friend, Teddy Harrington. Then, on the same day that Steve's uncle dies, leaving him a fortune, Dolly is selected to take the place of a musical comedy star who has become ill. Later, however, despite Dolly's success, she accompanies Steve to the West at his insistence. She soon becomes bored with life as a farmer's wife, though, and accepts an offer to return to the stage made by Joe Canby. She becomes a star, but Canby tries to collect for his part in her success in her dressing room. Just as Steve returns East seeking a reconciliation with his wife, he overhears the scene between Canby and Dolly and throws Canby out. Steve then goes West again, but a repentant Dolly follows him and they resume their life together on the farm.

Director

James Kirkwood

Director

Cast

Mary Pickford

Dolly Lane

James Kirkwood

Steve Hunter

Lowell Sherman

Teddy Harrington

Ida Waterman

Mrs. Harrington

Russell Bassett

Joe Canby

Crew

Daniel Frohman

Presented By

Emmett A. Williams

Camera