The Understudy

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Lorimer Johnston

Writers

Mrs. Owen Bronson

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

28 February 1913

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Winifred Greenwood

  Grace Thornton - the Understudy

• 

  Thomas Commerford

  Mr. Thornton

• 

  Frank Weed

  Bob Burnitt - the Stage Director

• 

  Lafe McKee

  Ben Rosenthal - the Manager

• Rose Evans

  Mrs. Thornton

• Mac Barnes

  Hank Armstrong

• Colletta Powers

  Stella Le Vere

• Timmy Sheehan

  Timmy - the Office Boy

• Julius Frankenburg

  Rudolph Lehar - the Orchestra Leader