" the extra girl " ( 1923 ) is a picture of a small - town girl , sue reid ( play by mack mccreery ) and comes to hollywood to be in the studio . this mabel normand screenplay , produced by hal sommers , followed older films about the cinema market and therefore paved the way for later movies about hollywood , such as gold zog ' s " show me " ( 1928 ) .
"The Extra Girl" was produced by Sennett.