Curtain Up

Curtain Up

1952 · 81 min · ★ 7.2 · Comedy

In a small town in the 1950s a repertory company meets on Monday morning to start rehearsing the following week's play. This is a ghastly thing written by the aunt of one of the theatre's directors. The producer doesn't try to hide his annoyance about it, and is further exercised when the authoress herself arrives to help. The cast have to try and sort out real-life problems that keep intruding as they wrestle with the play's dire dialogue.

Directed by Ralph Smart

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Robert Morley W.H. 'Harry' Derwent Blacker
Margaret Rutherford Catherine Beckwith / Jeremy St. Claire
Kay Kendall Sandra Beverley
Michael Medwin Jerry Winterton
Liam Gaffney Norwood Beverley
Olive Sloane Maud Baron
Lloyd Lamble Jackson
Charlotte Mitchell Daphne Ray
Charles Lamb George
Constance Lorne Sarah Stebbins
Maggie Hanley Mary
Stringer Davis Vicar

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