Summary
A luminous stage idol becomes the object of a shopgirl's fevered daydreams through the alchemy of theatrical distance. When she dispatches her photograph with naïve ambitions of theatrical employment, the actor – captivated by her porcelain features – reciprocates with his own staged portrait, thus kindling dangerous intimacy. Their clandestine dressing room assignation, thick with greasepaint and whispered promises, dissolves abruptly when his hitherto unseen wife materializes like a specter of consequence, shattering the ingenue's fragile fantasy against the cold proscenium of reality.
Synopsis
We are introduced first to the star actor of a certain play, after which we meet the girl who has seen and secretly adored him. She sends him her photograph with the request that he find her a position on the stage. He is attracted by the photograph, and sends her his in return. She calls at his dressing room at his bidding, and the inevitable lovemaking takes place. Finally the wife of the actor appears on the scene, and the girl awakes from her dream.
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