The Understudy (1913)
Stella Le Vere, an ambitious but struggling actress, is abandoned by her husband and is forced to leave her baby girl, Grace, in the care of an orphan asylum. Later, the child is adopted by a well-to-do and kindly family named Thornton, who bring Grace up in ignorance of her identity.
- Released
- 1913-02-28
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 14 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Lorimer Johnston
- TMDB rating
- 10.0/10 from 1 votes
Cast
- Winifred Greenwood as Grace Thornton - the Understudy
- Thomas Commerford as Mr. Thornton
- Frank Weed as Bob Burnitt - the Stage Director
- Lafe McKee as Ben Rosenthal - the Manager
- Rose Evans as Mrs. Thornton
- Mac Barnes as Hank Armstrong
- Colletta Powers as Stella Le Vere
- Timmy Sheehan as Timmy - the Office Boy
- Julius Frankenburg as Rudolph Lehar - the Orchestra Leader