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1921 film

Footlights
Surviving film poster
Directed by	John S. Robertson
Written by	Rita Weiman (story) Josephine Lovett (scenario)
Produced by	Famous Players–Lasky
Starring	Elsie Ferguson Reginald Denny Marc McDermott
Cinematography	Roy Overbaugh
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	September 1, 1921 (1921-09-01)
Running time	70+ minutes at (7078 feet)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

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.

Plot

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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 with no prints known to exist. It was later remade in 1927 as The Spotlight, a vehicle for Esther Ralston. That film is lost as well.

References

The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Footlights
Progressive Silent Film List: Footlights at silentera.com
The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971
The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:Footlights(Wayback)

External links

Footlights at IMDb
Synopsis at AllMovie

v t e Films directed by John S. Robertson
Love and Trout (1916) The Thorn and the Rose (1916) Getting By (1916) Trouble for Four (1916) Justice a la Carte (1916) The Meeting (1917) Intrigue (1917) The Money Mill (1917) Vanity and Some Sables (1917) A Service of Love (1917) Baby Mine (1917) The Bottom of the Well (1917) The Menace (1918) The Better Half (1918) The Girl of Today (1918) The Make-Believe Wife (1918) Little Miss Hoover (1918) Here Comes the Bride (1919) The Test of Honor (1919) Let's Elope (1919) Come Out of the Kitchen (1919) The Misleading Widow (1919) Sadie Love (1919) Erstwhile Susan (1919) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) Away Goes Prudence (1920) A Dark Lantern (1920) 39 East (1920) Sentimental Tommy (1921) The Magic Cup (1921) Footlights (1921) Love's Boomerang (1922) The Spanish Jade (1922) Tess of the Storm Country (1922) The Bright Shawl (1923) The Fighting Blade (1923) Twenty-One (1923) The Enchanted Cottage (1924) Classmates (1924) New Toys (1925) Soul-Fire (1925) Shore Leave (1925) Annie Laurie (1927) Captain Salvation (1927) The Road to Romance (1927) The Single Standard (1929) Shanghai Lady (1929) Night Ride (1930) Captain of the Guard (1930) Madonna of the Streets (1930) Beyond Victory (1931) The Phantom of Paris (1931) Little Orphan Annie (1932) One Man's Journey (1933) The Crime Doctor (1934) His Greatest Gamble (1934) Wednesday's Child (1934) Grand Old Girl (1934) Captain Hurricane (1935) Our Little Girl (1935)

Films directed by John S. Robertson

Love and Trout (1916)
The Thorn and the Rose (1916)
Getting By (1916)
Trouble for Four (1916)
Justice a la Carte (1916)
The Meeting (1917)
Intrigue (1917)
The Money Mill (1917)
Vanity and Some Sables (1917)
A Service of Love (1917)
Baby Mine (1917)
The Bottom of the Well (1917)
The Menace (1918)
The Better Half (1918)
The Girl of Today (1918)
The Make-Believe Wife (1918)
Little Miss Hoover (1918)
Here Comes the Bride (1919)
The Test of Honor (1919)
Let's Elope (1919)
Come Out of the Kitchen (1919)
The Misleading Widow (1919)
Sadie Love (1919)
Erstwhile Susan (1919)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
Away Goes Prudence (1920)
A Dark Lantern (1920)
39 East (1920)
Sentimental Tommy (1921)
The Magic Cup (1921)
Footlights (1921)
Love's Boomerang (1922)
The Spanish Jade (1922)
Tess of the Storm Country (1922)
The Bright Shawl (1923)
The Fighting Blade (1923)
Twenty-One (1923)
The Enchanted Cottage (1924)
Classmates (1924)
New Toys (1925)
Soul-Fire (1925)
Shore Leave (1925)
Annie Laurie (1927)
Captain Salvation (1927)
The Road to Romance (1927)
The Single Standard (1929)
Shanghai Lady (1929)
Night Ride (1930)
Captain of the Guard (1930)
Madonna of the Streets (1930)
Beyond Victory (1931)
The Phantom of Paris (1931)
Little Orphan Annie (1932)
One Man's Journey (1933)
The Crime Doctor (1934)
His Greatest Gamble (1934)
Wednesday's Child (1934)
Grand Old Girl (1934)
Captain Hurricane (1935)
Our Little Girl (1935)

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