The travails of a third-rate traveling theatre company and its wardrobe lady / maid who dreams of stepping in as their melodramatic production's (Flaming Women) female lead.
Acting
Beatrice Lillie's face does more work than most modern scripts.
Production
Gloriously ramshackle theater sets that breathe authenticity.
Direction
Sam Taylor keeps the chaos tight and the heart intact.
Director
Sam Taylor
Beatrice Lillie
Violet
Jack Pickford
Jimmy Marsh
Doris Lloyd
Olga
DeWitt Jennings
Orlando Wainwright
Harry Myers
Jesse Watson
Franklin Pangborn
Cecil Lovelace
Tenen Holtz
Tod Powell
Louise Lorraine
Phyllis
Dorothea Wolbert
Anna (uncredited)
Charles K. French
Mr. Tichnor (uncredited)
Dwight Frye
Balcony Heckler (uncredited)
D'Arcy Corrigan
Macomber (uncredited)
William Gillespie
Jack Hastings (uncredited)
Gus Leonard
Audience Member (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Beatrice Lillie was already a Broadway legend; this was her silent film debut and basically her only one.
The 'Flaming Women' play-within-the-film spoofs the overheated melodramas that 1920s audiences were already mocking.
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