Curtain Up (1952)
Overview
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.
Cast
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
Lloyd Lamble
Jackson
Charlotte Mitchell
Daphne Ray
Stringer Davis
Vicar
Joan Hickson
Harry's Landlady
John Cazabon
Mr Stebbins
Diana Calderwood
Set Painter
Joan Rice
Avis
Sam Kydd
Ambulance man (uncredited)Recommendations
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