Stage Struck (1925 film)
# Stage Struck (1925 film)

Stage Struck is a 1925 American silent comedy film starring Gloria Swanson, Lawrence Gray, Gertrude Astor, and Ford Sterling. The film was directed by Allan Dwan, and released by Paramount Pictures with the opening and ending sequences filmed in the early two-color Technicolor.

## Plot

As described in a film magazine review, Jennie Hagan, a waitress in a river town restaurant is in love with Orme Wilson, the hot cake artist, who is fond of actresses. She struggles hard to win him, even studying acting, and dreaming about the stage, and after many trials is successful.

## Cast

* Gloria Swanson as Jennie Hagen
* Lawrence Gray as Orme Wilson
* Gertrude Astor as Lillian Lyons
* Oliver Sandys as Hilda Wagner
* Ford Sterling as Buck
* Carrie Scott as Mrs. Wagner
* Emil Hoch as Mr. Wagner
* Margery Whittington as Soubrette

## Production notes

The majority of the film was shot in location in New Martinsville, West Virginia. Other sequences were shot at the Astoria Studio in Astoria, Queens.

## Preservation

In 2004, the film, including its Technicolor sequences, was restored by the George Eastman House film archive. A copy of the film is also in the British Film Institute collection.

