The Extra Girl
About The Extra Girl
Sue Graham leaves a small town, and a marriage waiting there, to be a movie star. The contract she wins was sent on another woman's photograph. In Hollywood the studio manager catches the switch and puts her in the costume department. Her screen test collapses, and the director calls her a natural comedian. Her parents then hand money to a crook; Sue and her old friend Dave Giddings get it back.
Cast & crew
More about The Extra Girl
F. Richard Jones directed. Mack Sennett produced. Bernard McConville and Sennett are the credited writers. It opened in the United States on 28 October 1923 and runs 68 minutes. It is Mabel Normand's last feature, and her last film with Sennett.
Themes
Making
While the lion scene was being shot, Numa got loose and lunged at Normand, who fainted. The trainer jabbed with a pitchfork, missed the animal, and struck her.
Look
Homer Scott photographed it at Sennett's Edendale plant, including a high-angle view of a set with two cameras and a pianist and violinist, and a shot of crew climbing to the sunlight diffusers.
Preservation
Prints are held in several film archives.
Notes
- Ralph Graves plays Dave Giddings. George Nichols and Anna Dodge play Sue's parents. Vernon Dent is Aaron Applejohn. Ramsey Wallace is T. Phillip Hackett.
- Billy Bevan and William Desmond appear as themselves. Sennett is briefly visible in a straw hat at Sue's screen test.
Scenes
- Sue's screen test falls apart and the director tags her a natural comedian.
Also available
- Internet Archive (TheExtraGirl1923_20)
