Movie
Curtain Up
Released: March 12, 1952 (1952)
Runtime: 81 minutes
Genres: 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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Margaret Rutherford as Catherine Beckwith / Jeremy St. Claire
Age at release: 59
- Olive Sloane as Maud Baron
Age at release: 55
- Charles Lamb as George
Age at release: 51
- Robert Morley as W.H. 'Harry' Derwent Blacker
Age at release: 43
- Liam Gaffney as Norwood Beverley
Age at release: 40
- Lloyd Lamble as Jackson
Age at release: 38
- Michael Medwin as Jerry Winterton
Age at release: 28
- Charlotte Mitchell as Daphne Ray
Age at release: 25
- Kay Kendall as Sandra Beverley
Age at release: 24
- Constance Lorne as Sarah Stebbins
Age at release: Unknown
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- Stringer Davis as Vicar
Age at release: 52
- Joan Hickson as Harry's Landlady
Age at release: 45
- John Cazabon as Mr Stebbins
Age at release: 37
- Sam Kydd as Ambulanceman
Age at release: 35
- Diana Calderwood as Set Painter
Age at release: 25
- Joan Rice as Avis
Age at release: 22
- Maggie Hanley as Mary
Age at release: Unknown