A Social Celebrity
A Social Celebrity is a 1926 American silent comedydrama film directed by Malcolm St. Clair and starred Louise Brooks as a small town manicurist who goes to New York City with her boyfriend Adolphe Menjou, a barber who poses as a French count. The film is now considered lost.
Mrs. JacksonGreer Josephine Drake, a New York society matron, has occasion to note Max fashioning the hair of a town girl and induces him to come to New York and pose as a French count. There he meets April Elsie Lawson, Mrs. Kings niece, and loses his heart to her, as well as to Kitty, now a showgirl. At the theater where Kitty is appearing, Max is the bestdressed man in Aprils party. At a nightclub later that night, reveals Maxs true identity and he is deserted by his society friends. Disillusioned, Max returns home at the request of his father. Kitty follows, realizing that he needs her.The film was produced by Famous PlayersLasky Corporation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. A Social Celebrity began production in December 1925 with Greta Nissen in the lead role. Louise Brooks was also cast in a supporting role but was recast in the lead after Nissen left the project. ........
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