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Curtain Call (1940)

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Film details

Featuring

Barbara Read Alan Mowbray Helen Vinson
Country

USA
Year

1940
Genre

Comedy
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

A Broadway producer purchases a perfectly terrible play for the express purpose of getting even with a temperamental star. To the chagrin of producer and director the star approves of the literary horror. They have to choose between producing the play and ruining their reputations, and being sued by the star for breach of contract.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Helen Middleton
    
    Barbara Read
  - Donald Avery
    
    Alan Mowbray
  - Charlotte Morley
    
    Helen Vinson
  - Geoffrey Crandall
    
    Donald Macbride
  - Ted Palmer
    
    John Archer
  - Miss Smith
    
    Leona Maricle
  - Spike Malone
    
    Frank Faylen
  - masseur
    
    Tom Kennedy
  - Leslie Barrivale
    
    Ralph Forbes
  - Mr. Middleton
    
    J.M. Kerrigan
  - Mrs. Middleton
    
    Ann Shoemaker
  - Fred Middleton
    
    Tommy Kelly
  - local theatre director
    
    Byron Foulger
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Frank Woodruff
  - Production Company
    
    RKO Radio Pictures
  - Executive Producer
    
    Lee Marcus
  - Producer
    
    Howard Benedict
  - Script
    
    Dalton Trumbo
  - Original story
    
    Howard Green
  - Photography
    
    Russell Metty
  - Editor
    
    Harry Marker
  - Art Director
    
    Van Nest Polglase
  - Associate art director
    
    Albert S. D'agostino
  - Gowns
    
    Renie
  - Music
    
    Roy Webb
  - Recorder
    
    John L. Cass

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