United States / Dec 09, 1938 / NR
What price fame for innocent beauties seeking careers in the theatre's spotlight!
1h 20min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Aspiring actress Louise Muban attends the prestigious Paris School of Drama during the day and works at a dreary factory assembling gas meters at night. She daydreams and "acts" her way through life, and her fellow students at school begin to suspect her stories are just that - fabrications. After Louise begins to weave an actual meeting with a debonair playboy into a fantasy of club dates and romance, her classmate Nana discovers the lie when she too meets the playboy. Nana sets a trap for Louise, and the result is an end to one fantasy and the realization of another.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Gale Sondergaard | Madame Therese Charlot |
| Melville Cooper | Boulin |
| Erik Rhodes | Georges Mounier |
| Virginia Grey | Simone |
| Ann Rutherford | Yvonne |
| Hans Conried | Ramy |
| Rand Brooks | Pasquel Jr. |
| Jean Chatburn | Mimi |
| Marie Blake | Annette |
| Cecilia Callejo | La Brasiliana |
| Margaret Dumont | Pantomime Teacher |
| Frank Puglia | Alphonse |
| Dorothy Granger | Fat Girl |
| Gino Corrado | Waiter (uncredited) |
| Dick Haymes | Student (uncredited) |
| Minerva Urecal | Rose - Boulin's Secretary (uncredited) |
| Barbara Weeks | Student (uncredited) |
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| Poppy Wilde | Nightclub Patron |
| Leonard Mudie | Bishop Cauchon in "Joan of Arc" (uncredited) |
Genres
DramaRomance
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Dramatic School |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United States of America |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date | 9 dicembre 1938 |
| Production | Mervyn LeRoy |
| Writer | Ernest Vajda, Mary C. McCall, Jr., Hans Székely, Zoltan Egyed |
| Editing | Fredrick Y. Smith |
| Cinematography | William H. Daniels |
| Assistant directors | Robert B. Sinclair |
| Camera operators | William H. Daniels |
| Additional photography | William H. Daniels |
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| Production design | Edwin B. Willis, Cedric Gibbons |
| Art direction | Cedric Gibbons, Edwin B. Willis |
| Set decoration | Edwin B. Willis, Cedric Gibbons |
| Music | Franz Waxman, Douglas Shearer |
| Sound | Douglas Shearer, Franz Waxman |
| Costume design | Adrian |
| Makeup | Adrian |
| Hairstyling | Adrian |
Release dates
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