Everybody's Acting (1926)
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Synopsis of Everybody's Acting
This sentimental comedy begins when four middle-aged actors jointly adopt an orphaned baby girl, raising her in a backstage milieu. The girl grows up to become Doris Poole (Betty Bronson), and it is hoped by her foster daddies that she will become an actress herself. When Doris falls in love with wealthy Ted Potter (Lawrence Gray), her four surrogate parents stage an elaborate charade to convince Ted's snobbish mother Anastasia (Louise Dresser) that Doris is of good breeding. The girl wants no part of the hoax and confesses all to Ted's mom, whereupon Ted is bundled off to Europe "for his own good." But the four adoptive fathers arrange another little "drama" to get Doris on board Ted's ship. Ziegfeld Follies headliner Raymond Hitchcock steals the show (no small task in this ham-infested effort) as a phony butler. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Everybody's Acting
- Betty Bronson - Doris Poole
- Louise Dresser - Anastasia Potter
- Henry B. Walthall - Thorpe
- Stuart Holmes - Clayton Budd
- Philo McCullough - Paul Singleton
- Jocelyn Lee - Barbara Potter
- Ford Sterling - Michael Poole
- Lawrence Gray - Ted Potter
- Raymond Hitchcock - Ernest Rice
- Edward Martindel - Peter O'Brien
- Jed Prouty - Bridewell Potter
- Director(s):
- Marshall Neilan
- Writer(s):
- Benjamin Glazer
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