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Not to be confused with the 1958 film by the same name.

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Not to be confused with the [[Film/StageStruck1936 1936 film]] or 1958 film by the same name.
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* MatchCut: Used when the film transitions away from Jenny's dream. In her dream, she's a famous actress, playing the role of Salome with John the Baptist's head on a platter. It then fades to real life, in which she's a waitress and the platter holds the food she was supposed to be serving.

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* MatchCut: Used when the film transitions away from Jenny's dream. In her dream, she's a famous actress, playing the role of Salome {{Theatre/Salome}} with John the Baptist's head on a platter. It then fades to real life, in which she's a waitress and the platter holds the food she was supposed to be serving.
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* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: Orme ruffles Jenny's hair after being unimpressed by her attempt to look fashionable.



* JustTheWayYouAre: Surprise! It turns out Orme likes Jenny just the way she is.



* SplashOfColor: The opening and closing scenes are in color.

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* SplashOfColor: The opening and closing scenes are in color.color.
* StockingMask: Jenny wears one as "the Masked Marvel"
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* HystericalWoman: In-universe. In her acting final exam, Jenny is expected to play a woman who has been left by her husband and responds by throwing herself against the door, shrieking "Abandoned! Abandoned!", and then {{Fainting}}.

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* HystericalWoman: In-universe.Invoked in-universe. In her acting final exam, Jenny is expected to play a woman who has been left by her husband and responds by throwing herself against the door, shrieking "Abandoned! Abandoned!", and then {{Fainting}}.

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''Stage Struck'' is a 1925 silent comedy.

Working a crappy job as a waitress, Jenny Hagen (Creator/GloriaSwanson) dreams of becoming a famous actress, particularly because her crush, Orme Wilson (Lawrence Gray), is obsessed with actresses. Therefore, she decides to become an actress in order to impress him.

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''Stage Struck'' is a 1925 silent comedy.

comedy film.

Working a crappy job as a waitress, Jenny Hagen (Creator/GloriaSwanson) dreams of becoming a famous actress, particularly because her crush, Orme Wilson (Lawrence Gray), is obsessed with actresses. Therefore, she decides to become an One day, a show boat brings the glamorous actress in order Lillian Lyons (Gertrude Astor) to impress him.
town. Lillian catches Orme's eye, and now, we've got a LoveTriangle on our hands.


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* BrokenTreasure: After Jenny accidentally ruins one of Orme's shirts, she buys a new one to replace it. He has no clue and marvels at how the laundry place manages to make his old shirts look so new.


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* TheFlapper: It's 1925, and Lillian has the fashionable flapper look down pat. Jenny tries and fails to emulate it by altering her outdated Edwardian-style clothes.


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* HystericalWoman: In-universe. In her acting final exam, Jenny is expected to play a woman who has been left by her husband and responds by throwing herself against the door, shrieking "Abandoned! Abandoned!", and then {{Fainting}}.

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Jenny (Creator/GloriaSwanson) is in love with Orme (Lawrence Gray), but he's in love with actresses. Therefore, she decides to become an actress in order to impress him.

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Working a crappy job as a waitress, Jenny Hagen (Creator/GloriaSwanson) is in love with dreams of becoming a famous actress, particularly because her crush, Orme Wilson (Lawrence Gray), but he's in love is obsessed with actresses. Therefore, she decides to become an actress in order to impress him.


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* CuteClumsyGirl: Jenny is frequently involved in slapstick hijinks. Her CatchPhrase is, "[[IMeantToDoThat I just did it to be funny.]]"


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* MatchCut: Used when the film transitions away from Jenny's dream. In her dream, she's a famous actress, playing the role of Salome with John the Baptist's head on a platter. It then fades to real life, in which she's a waitress and the platter holds the food she was supposed to be serving.
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[[caption-width-right:350:You sure about that, Gloria?]]
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''Stage Struck'' is a 1925 silent comedy.

Jenny (Creator/GloriaSwanson) is in love with Orme (Lawrence Gray), but he's in love with actresses. Therefore, she decides to become an actress in order to impress him.

Not to be confused with the 1958 film by the same name.
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!!This film has the examples of:

* DestinationDefenestration: Referenced: "Throw her out the window -- and don't open the window!"
* DreamIntro: The opening sequence portrays Jenny as a famous actress, before revealing that this is a dream she's having and actually she's just a poor waitress.
* FunetikAksent: Mr. and Mrs. Wagner speak with German accents, which are rendered phonetically on the intertitles containing their dialogue.
* IronicNickname: "Tiny" is the nickname of a very large woman.
* SplashOfColor: The opening and closing scenes are in color.

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