Backstage

Plot

Chorus girl Barbara Bedford is left broke and stranded by a crooked producer in Backstage. Her good-hearted stage manager pal allows her and the other cast members to stay in his apartment until another job comes along. Unfortunately, our heroine's nerdish boyfriend William Collier Jr. doesn't grasp the situation. Most showbiz films of the 1920s were essentially excuses to show off plenty of female epidermis, and Backstage is no exception. Its pulchritude quotient notwithstanding, the film is quite innocent when compared to such contemporary efforts as Showgirls. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Cast

• William Collier, Jr. - Owen Mackay
• Barbara Bedford - Julia Joyce
• Eileen Percy - Funny
• Shirley O'Hara - Jane

Guinn "Big Boy" Williams - Mike Donovon; Jimmy Harrison - Charlie; Brooks Benedict - Harry; Marcia Harris - Landlady; Louise Carver - Referee; Jocelyn Lee - Flo; Gayne Whitman - Frank Carroll; Lincoln Plummer - Mr. Durkin

Credit

Phil Stone - Director, Joseph A. Dubray - Cinematographer, Sarah Y. Mason - Screenwriter, Jack Natteford - Screenwriter

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