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.
Director: Ralph Smart
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Robert Morley as W.H. 'Harry' Derwent Blacker |
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Margaret Rutherford as Catherine Beckwith / Jeremy St. Claire |
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Kay Kendall as Sandra Beverley |
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Michael Medwin as Jerry Winterton |
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Liam Gaffney as Norwood Beverley |
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Olive Sloane as Maud Baron |
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Lloyd Lamble as Jackson |
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Charlotte Mitchell as Daphne Ray |
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Charles Lamb as George |
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Constance Lorne as Sarah Stebbins |
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Maggie Hanley as Mary |
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Stringer Davis as Vicar |
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Joan Hickson as Harry's Landlady |
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John Cazabon as Mr Stebbins |
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Diana Calderwood as Set Painter |
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Joan Rice as Avis |
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Sam Kydd as Ambulance man (uncredited) |
| Directing | Ralph Smart | Director |
| Writing | phillip king | Original Story |
| Writing | Jack Davies | Original Story |
| Writing | Michael Pertwee | Original Story |
| Production | Robert Garrett | Producer |
| Camera | Desmond Davis | Clapper Loader |
| Production | George Pitcher | Associate Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joan Ellacott | Costume Design |
| Camera | Stanley Pavey | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Philip Shipway | Assistant Director |
| Art | Geoffrey Drake | Art Direction |
| Sound | Peter Handford | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Malcolm Arnold | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Muir Mathieson | Conductor |
| Camera | Ted Moore | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Maisie Kelly | Continuity |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gladys Atkinson | Hairdresser |
| Sound | Red Law | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | John Wilson-Apperson | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Sound | Leslie Hodgson | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bob Lawrance | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Douglas Robertson | Editor |
| Production | Jack Rix | Production Manager |
