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Footlights (1921 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Footlights' is a 1921 American silent film romantic drama directed by John S. Robertson. It stars Elsie Ferguson and Reginald Denny as the lead characters. The film marked the only time star Ferguson and director Robertson worked together on a picture.
Cast
*Elsie Ferguson as Lisa Parsinova / Lizzie Parsons
*Reginald Denny as Brett Page
*Marc McDermott as Oswald Kane
*Octavia Handworth as Etta
Survival status
This romantic adventure cannot be assessed today as 'Footlights' is presumably a lost film[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5378/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'Footlights'] with no prints known to exist.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/F/Footlights1921.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'Footlights'] at silentera.com'The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30' by The American Film Institute, c. 1971[https://web.archive.org/web/20160306081850/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=9160 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:'Footlights'](Wayback) It was later remade in 1927 as 'The Spotlight', a vehicle for Esther Ralston. That film is lost as well.
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