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The Understudy

10.0191314mNRMovieDrama

Stella Le Vere, an ambitious but struggling actress, is abandoned by her husband and is forced to leave her baby girl, Grace, in the care of an orphan asylum. Later, the child is adopted by a well-to-do and kindly family named Thornton, who bring Grace up in ignorance of her identity.

DirectorLorimer Johnston
WriterMrs. Owen Bronson

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Cast · Directed by Lorimer Johnston

WGWinifred Greenwood
Winifred Greenwood
Grace Thornton - the Understudy
TCThomas Commerford
Thomas Commerford
Mr. Thornton
FWFrank Weed
Frank Weed
Bob Burnitt - the Stage Director
LMLafe McKee
Lafe McKee
Ben Rosenthal - the Manager
RE
Rose Evans
Mrs. Thornton
MB
Mac Barnes
Hank Armstrong
CP
Colletta Powers
Stella Le Vere
TS
Timmy Sheehan
Timmy - the Office Boy
JF
Julius Frankenburg
Rudolph Lehar - the Orchestra Leader

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