Saturday, September 15, 1928

We went swimming in the morning. I don’t seem to be improving on my jack knife but I think I’m doing better with my swan than I did. We went downtown about 11 o’clock but we only had time to send a money order before twelve. About 3 we went to see “The Actress”. In the afternoon we went for a ride. Nancy was over so we took her. We went after Pop early so we could get the lunch.

Jane’s Notes: The Actress is a 1928 silent drama film produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was directed by Sidney Franklin and starred Norma Shearer. This film is based on the Arthur Wing Pinero play Trelawney of the Wells that had been premiered on Broadway in 1898 starring Mary Mannering and revived by Ethel Barrymore in 1911, an aging Laurette Taylor in 1925 and at the time this film was produced (1927) by Helen Gahagan. The story is only distantly related to the 1953 Jean Simmons film The Actress which was updated by actress Ruth Gordon. Judging by several stills that survive and a nice lobby poster, this story was a nice subject to film, but regrettably this film is one of many lost films from the 1920s.