The Spotlight (1927)

Lizzie Stokes an obscure and colorless actress is elevated to stardom through publicity and better coaching from Daniel Hoffman a theatrical producer As Olga Rostova an exotic Russian she meets Norman Brooke whose infatuation turns to love Hoffman suggests that Norman could never care for Lizzie and proves his point Heartbroken Lizzie decides to see no more of him On closing night when he proposes to her in her dressing room and she refuses Norman declares he must believe all the lurid details of her past in desperation she bares her true identity only to find it is not her glamorous image but rather her real self that he loves