The Extra Girl – Silent (1923)

Description

The Extra Girl is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by F. Richard Jones and starring Mabel Normand. Produced by Mack Sennett, The Extra Girl followed earlier films about the film industry and also paved the way for later films about Hollywood, such as King Vidor’s Show People (1928). It was still unusual in 1923 for filmmakers to make a film about the southern California film industry, then little more than ten years old. Still, many of the Hollywood clichés of small-town girls traveling to Hollywood to become film stars are here to reinforce the myths of Tinseltown.

Cast:

• Mabel Normand as Sue Graham
• George Nichols as Zachariah “Pa” Graham
• Anna Dodge as Mary “Ma” Graham (credited as Anna Hernandez)
• Ralph Graves as Dave Giddings
• Vernon Dent as Aaron Applejohn
• Ramsey Wallace as T. Phillip Hackett
• Charlotte Mineau as Belle “Widow” Brown
• Mary Mason as Actress
• Max Davidson as Tailor
• Louise Carver as Madame McCarthy, Wardrobe Mistress
• Carl Stockdale as Director
• Harry Gribbon as Comedy Director
• George Beranger as Actor in Wardrobe Line (credited as André Beranger)
• Teddy the Dog as Teddy
• Billy Armstrong as Comedian in Derby (uncredited)
• Duke the Dog as Duke (uncredited)
• Robert Dudley as Financier (uncredited)
• Charles K. French as Studio Manager (uncredited)
• Numa the Lion as Numa (uncredited)
• Jackie Lucas as Son (uncredited)
• Eric Mayne as Lion Film Director (uncredited)
• Elsie Tarron as Actress (uncredited)
• Actors Billy Bevan and William Desmond appear as themselves. Producer Mack Sennett can be glimpsed briefly as a straw-hatted onlooker at Sue’s screen test.