Film · 1952
Curtain Up
Directed by Ralph SmartRobert MorleyMargaret RutherfordKay Kendall

12 Mar 1952UK release
1h 21mRunning time
UBBFC rating
ComedyGenre
The story
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.
Cast

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 BeverleyOlive Sloane
Maud Baron
Lloyd Lamble
Jackson
Charlotte Mitchell
Daphne RayCharles Lamb
GeorgeConstance Lorne
Sarah StebbinsMaggie Hanley
Mary