Dramatic School
6.2
“What price fame for innocent beauties seeking careers in the theatre's spotlight!”
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.
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Cast
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Luise Rainer
Louise Mauban
Known for
The Great Ziegfeld
The Good Earth
Paulette Goddard
Nana
Known for
Modern Times
The Great Dictator
Alan Marshal
Marquis Andre D'Abbencourt
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House on Haunted Hill
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Lana Turner
Mado
Known for
Imitation of Life
The Bad and the Beautiful
Genevieve Tobin
Gina Bertier
Known for
The Petrified Forest
One Hour with You
John Hubbard
Fleury
Known for
The Mummy's Tomb
The Tall T
Henry Stephenson
Pasquel Sr.
Known for
Oliver Twist
Mutiny on the Bounty
Gale Sondergaard
Madame Therese Charlot
Known for
The Life of Emile Zola
The Mark of Zorro
Melville Cooper
Boulin
Known for
Rebecca
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Erik Rhodes
Georges Mounier
Known for
Top Hat
The Gay Divorcee
Virginia Grey
Simone
Known for
All That Heaven Allows
The Naked Kiss
Ann Rutherford
Yvonne
Known for
Gone with the Wind
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Robert B. Sinclair Director · Ernest Vajda Screenplay Mary C. McCall, Jr. Screenplay
Worldwide gross $664K · Budget $602K · United States release December 9, 1938
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Budget
$602,000
Worldwide gross
$664,000
Gross vs. budget
1.1×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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United States
Produced in
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 9, 1938
Theatrical
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