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 | Michael Pertwee | Original Story |
| Writing | phillip king | Original Story |
| Writing | Jack Davies | Original Story |
| Production | Robert Garrett | Producer |
| Camera | Desmond Davis | Clapper Loader |
| Production | George Pitcher | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Malcolm Arnold | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Stanley Pavey | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Douglas Robertson | Editor |
| Art | Geoffrey Drake | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joan Ellacott | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gladys Atkinson | Hairdresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bob Lawrance | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Jack Rix | Production Manager |
| Directing | Philip Shipway | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Peter Handford | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Leslie Hodgson | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Red Law | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Ted Moore | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | John Wilson-Apperson | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Sound | Muir Mathieson | Conductor |
| Directing | Maisie Kelly | Continuity |
