"Overnight, she became a star...Over many nights, she became a legend."
A dictatorial film director hires an unknown actress to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.
Lylah Clare / Elsa Brinkmann / Elsa Campbell

Lewis Zarken / Louie Flack

Barney Sheean

Bart Langner

Rossella

Paolo

Countess Bozo Bedoni

Becky Langner
Mark Peter Sheean

Molly Luther

Young Girl

Mike

Script Girl

Matt Burke

Reporter at Press Party

Crew Member

Press Party Guest

Zarkan

Prop Man
Hairdresser

Accountant (uncredited)

Hot Dog Man (uncredited)

Stagehand (uncredited)

Reporter (uncredited)
Studio Photo Archivist (uncredited)

Clown (uncredited)

Crew Member (uncredited)
Young Man (uncredited)
Studio Grip (uncredited)
Brothel Patron in Film (uncredited)

Reporter (uncredited)

Minor Role (uncredited)
Press Party Guest (uncredited)

German Bartender in Film (uncredited)
Photographer (uncredited)

Reporter (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)

1st Legman

Nick

Cameraman

Butler
Announcer

2nd Legman
Vernon Scott
Sidney Skolsky