The Belle of Broadway

The Belle of Broadway is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures.

A young neighbor named Marie (Compson again) sees to her needs, and Adele, suddenly noting the resemblance to her younger self, persuades her to pretend to be her, explaining that plastic surgery has made her look youthful again.

The ruse works, and coached by Adele, Marie stars in a revival of "DuBarry" and Paris is enchanted anew.

Unfortunately, this new-found success creates a whole new set of problems that will affect both of them as well as the young man (Rawlinson) who's wooing her.

The plot is almost identical in Fedora, made 52 years later by Billy Wilder but based on a short story by Tom Tryon from his collection Crowned Heads.

The Belle of Broadway (1926) by Harry O. Hoyt