Curtain Up (1952)
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.
- Date of release
- 1952-03-12
- TMDB
- 7.2 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Ralph Smart
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
Curtain Up is a 1952 British comedy film directed by Ralph Smart and starring Robert Morley, Margaret Rutherford and Kay Kendall. Written by Jack Davies and Michael Pertwee it was based on the 1949 play On Monday Next by Philip King.
Production
The film was shot at Isleworth Studios in London with the exterior of the nearby Richmond Theatre standing in for that of Drossmouth. Sets were designed by the art director Geoffrey Drake.
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