The Extra Girl (1923) | Directed by F. Richard Jones - Full Movie

Sue Graham is a small town girl who wants to be a motion picture star. She wins a contract when a picture of a very pretty girl is sent to a studio instead of her picture. When she arrives in Hollywood, the mistake is discovered and she starts working in the props department of the studio instead. Her parents then come out to California and invest some money with a very shifty individual.

The Extra Girl is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by F. Richard Jones and starring Mabel Normand. Produced by Mack Sennett, The Extra Girl followed earlier films about the film industry and also paved the way for later films about Hollywood, such as King Vidor’s Show People (1928). It was still unusual in 1923 for filmmakers to make a film about the southern California film industry, then little more than ten years old. Still, many of the Hollywood clichés of small town girls travelling to Hollywood to become film stars are here to reinforce the myths of "Tinseltown".

Directed by: F. Richard Jones
Written by: Bernard McConville
Story by: Mack Sennett
Produced by: Mack Sennett
Starring: Mabel Normand, Ralph Graves, George Nichols
Cinematography: Eric Crockett, Homer Scott
Distributed by: Associated Exhibitors, Pathé Exchange
Release date: October 28, 1923 (United States)
Running time: 68 mins.
Country: United States
Language: Silent (English intertitles)