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A Movie Star
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Fred Fishback (Fred Hibbard)

Cast: Mack Swain [Ambrose as Big Hearted Jack, a screen hero], Louella Maxam [Nell, his screen sweetheart], May Wells (Mai Wells) [Nell’s screen mother], Ray Grey [Jack’s screen rival], Phyllis Allen [Jack’s real wife], Harry McCoy [a one-man orchestra], Nick Cogley [the theatre manager], Joey Jacobs [Handsome Jack’s son], Julia Faye [the infatuated girl in the audience], Frank Hayes [the husband in the audience], Polly Moran [the wife in the audience], Grover Ligon [the man in the audience], May Emory [a woman in the audience], Fred Hibbard [a man outside the theatre], Charles West [a man in the front row]

The Keystone Film Company production; distributed by Triangle Distributing Corporation. / Produced by Mack Sennett. Production supervised by Mack Sennett. Assistant director, Eddie Cline (Edward F. Cline) / Released [?] 23 or 26? January 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Survival status: Print exists [8mm reduction positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Entertainers: Actors (film) - Theaters: Audiences, Film

Listing updated: 11 June 2024.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Lahue-Kops p. 156 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.

 
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