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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 916

Show People

192879 minUnited States

Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs: 78:35
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · King Vidor · Public domain

Synopsis

Peggy arrives in Hollywood expecting dramatic stardom and finds her first success in low-budget slapstick. A prestigious contract then persuades her to adopt a grander name and distance herself from the comedian who helped her begin. Her rise becomes a comic test of whether professional advancement requires forgetting both her talent and the people who recognized it.

Cast

Marion Davies

William Haines

DirectorsKing Vidor

Behind the scenes

Marion Davies plays a would-be star in a film filled with appearances by actual Hollywood personalities. Davies and director King Vidor also appear as themselves, extending the joke about the distance between performers and their screen identities.

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Marion Davies — Screenland · Public domain
William Haines — Unknown author · Public domain

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