Gloria Swanson
Tessie McGuire
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Synopsis
A shop assistant's talent for impersonating a Russian aristocrat wins attention at a party and leads to work attracting wealthy customers. Entering fashionable society brings advantages but distances her from the people she knows. Her boyfriend mistakes the attention of influential men for evidence that success has changed her loyalties and principles.
Cast
DirectorsAllan Dwan
Behind the scenes
Allan Dwan directed Gloria Swanson at Paramount's Astoria studios in New York. The setting keeps the comedy close to the city's working life and department-store culture, even as the heroine experiments with a manufactured upper-class identity.
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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.
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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.
Photograph credit
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- Gloria Swanson — Karl Struss · Public domain
- Tom Moore — Unknown author · Public domain
- Lilyan Tashman — Unknown author · Public domain
