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A Pasteboard Crown

Apr 16, 1922 · 50m
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Drama

PLOT

Society girl Sybil Lawton is left penniless by her father's death, and though her mother wishes her to marry into wealth, her sole ambition is to achieve fame in the theater. Her youthful charm and talent interest producer Stewart Thrall, who finds her a position with an Omaha stock company. Under Sybil's encouragement, fellow actor Jim Roberts, disillusioned by an unhappy marriage, improves and becomes her self-appointed guardian. Sybil returns to New York and begins rehearsals for "Romeo and Juliet" with Thrall as her costar and Roberts as stage manager. Meanwhile, Thrall's unhappy wife obtains a divorce, and Roberts, recognizing her as the woman who ruined his life, blames Thrall and shoots him at a performance as he bends over "Juliet" on her bier. Thrall recovers, however, declares his love for Sybil, and looks forward to happiness with her.

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CAST

Evelyn Greeley
Sybil Lawton
Robert Elliott
Stewart Thrall
Gladys Valerie
Edna Thrall
Eleanor Woodruff
Cora Manice
Dora Mills Adams
Claire Morrell
Albert Roccardi
William Buckley
Jane Jennings
Mrs. Lawton
Directed by Travers Vale

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Travers Vale Productions, Nathan & Semerad Productions
Country
US

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