A Social Celebrity
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A Social Celebrity is a silent
comedy drama starring Louise Brooks
as a small town manicurist who goes to New York with her boyfriend (Adolphe Menjou
), a barber who poses as a French count. The film is now considered a lost film
.
Mrs. Jackson-Greer, a New York society matron, has occasion to note Max fashioning the hair of a town girl and induces him to come to New York and pose as a French count. There he meets April, Mrs. King's niece, and loses his heart to her, as well as to Kitty, now a showgirl. At the theater where Kitty is appearing Max is the best-dressed man in April's party, but later at a nightclub Kitty exposes him, and he is deserted by his society friends. Disillusioned, Max returns home at the request of his father. Kitty follows, realizing that he needs her.
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
comedy drama starring Louise Brooks
Louise Brooks
Mary Louise Brooks , generally known by her stage name Louise Brooks, was an American dancer, model, showgirl and silent film actress, noted for popularizing the bobbed haircut. Brooks is best known for her three feature roles including two G. W...
as a small town manicurist who goes to New York with her boyfriend (Adolphe Menjou
Adolphe Menjou
Adolphe Jean Menjou was an American actor. His career spanned both silent films and talkies, appearing in such films as The Sheik, A Woman of Paris, Morocco, and A Star is Born...
), a barber who poses as a French count. The film is now considered a lost film
Lost film
A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...
.
Cast
- Adolphe MenjouAdolphe MenjouAdolphe Jean Menjou was an American actor. His career spanned both silent films and talkies, appearing in such films as The Sheik, A Woman of Paris, Morocco, and A Star is Born...
- Max Haber - Louise BrooksLouise BrooksMary Louise Brooks , generally known by her stage name Louise Brooks, was an American dancer, model, showgirl and silent film actress, noted for popularizing the bobbed haircut. Brooks is best known for her three feature roles including two G. W...
- Kitty Laverne - Eleanor Lawson - April King (*as Elsie Lawson)
- Roger DavisRoger Davis (film actor)Roger Davis was an American actor.-Career:Davis was born in Maryland, and played small parts in a number of Hollywood films of the 1940s and 1950s. He played roles such as butlers and waiters, and appeared in two of the Tracy-Hepburn vehicles, Adam's Rib and Pat and Mike...
- Tenny - Hugh Huntley - Forrest Abbott
- Chester ConklinChester ConklinChester Cooper Conklin was an American comedian and actor. He appeared in over 280 films, about half of them in the silent era.-Early life:...
- Johann Haber - Freeman Wood - Gifford Jones
- Josephine Drake - Mrs. Jackson-Greer
- Ida WatermanIda WatermanIda Waterman born Ida Shaw, was a stage and screen actress....
- Mrs. Winifred King
Plot
Max Haber (Menjou), a small town barber, is the pride of his father, Johann, who owns an antiquated barbershop. Max adores Kitty Laverne (Brooks), the manicurist, who loves him but aspires to be a dancer and leaves for New York, hoping that he will follow in pursuit of better things.Mrs. Jackson-Greer, a New York society matron, has occasion to note Max fashioning the hair of a town girl and induces him to come to New York and pose as a French count. There he meets April, Mrs. King's niece, and loses his heart to her, as well as to Kitty, now a showgirl. At the theater where Kitty is appearing Max is the best-dressed man in April's party, but later at a nightclub Kitty exposes him, and he is deserted by his society friends. Disillusioned, Max returns home at the request of his father. Kitty follows, realizing that he needs her.