Stagestruck
Cast & Crew
Edward Morrisey
Dorothy Gish
Frank Bennett
Kate Toncray
Jennie Lee
Spottiswoode Aitken
Film Details
Synopsis
In a tawdry theatrical boardinghouse in New York, orphan Ruth Colby, who taught herself to be an actress through a correspondence course, turns for companionship to Jack Martin, the dissolute cast-off son of wealthy philanthropist Mrs. Martin. The two young people fall in love and are married by "the judge," a derelict justice of the peace. Shortly thereafter Ruth leaves on a disastrous theatrical tour. When she returns she finds the boardinghouse closed and Jack gone. She is then befriended by Mrs. Martin, who is indignant that Ruth has been deserted by her husband. However, when Jack and Ruth are reunited and Mrs. Martin learns that the girl's missing husband is none other than her son, the dowager is mortified by the fact that her son has married a commoner and seeks to have the marriage annulled. When Ruth reforms Jack, turning him into an upstanding young man, however, Mrs. Morgan accepts the girl as her daughter-in-law and all ends well.
Director
Edward Morrisey
Cast
Dorothy Gish
Frank Bennett
Kate Toncray
Jennie Lee
Spottiswoode Aitken
Fred Warren
Mazie Radford
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