Movie: "Curtain Up"
| Release Date: | Jan 1953 |
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| Genre: | Comedy |
| Runtime: | 81 min. |
| Cast: | Robert Morley (W.H. 'Harry' Derwent Blacker) Margaret Rutherford (Catherine Beckwith / Jeremy St. Claire) Kay Kendall (Sandra Beverley) Michael Medwin (Jerry Winterton) Olive Sloane (Maud Baron) Liam Gaffney (Norwood Beverley) Lloyd Lamble (Jackson) Charlotte Mitchell (Daphne Ray) Charles Lamb (George) Constance Lorne (Sarah Stebbins) Maggie Hanley (Mary (as Margaret Avery)) Stringer Davis (Vicar) Joan Hickson (Harry's Landlady) John Cazabon (Mr Stebbins) Diana Calderwood (Set Painter) Joan Rice (Avis) Sam Kydd (Ambulanceman (uncredited)) |
Storyline: In a small town in the 1950's 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.
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