Dramatic School 85 years old

What price fame for innocent beauties seeking careers in the theatre's spotlight!

Dramatic School

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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Dramatic School Cast

Name Character
Hans Conried He was 21, 64 years old when he died as Ramy
Lana Turner She was 17, 74 years old when she died as Mado
Ann Rutherford She was 21, 94 years old when she died as Yvonne
Henry Stephenson He was 67, 85 years old when he died as Pasquel Sr.
Frank Puglia He was 46, 83 years old when he died as Alphonse
Melville Cooper He was 42, 76 years old when he died as Boulin
Virginia Grey She was 21, 87 years old when she died as Simone
John Hubbard He was 24, 74 years old when he died as Fleury
Dick Haymes He was 20, 61 years old when he died as Student (uncredited)
Margaret Dumont She was 56, 82 years old when she died as Pantomime teacher
Minerva Urecal She was 44, 71 years old when she died as Rose - Boulin's Secretary (uncredited)
Genevieve Tobin She was 39, 95 years old when she died as Gina Bertier
Cecilia Callejo as La Brasiliana
Paulette Goddard She was 18, 69 years old when she died as Nana
Gale Sondergaard She was 39, 86 years old when she died as Madame Therese Charlot
Rand Brooks He was 20, 84 years old when he died as Pasquel Jr.
Alan Marshal He was 29, 52 years old when he died as Marquis Andre D'Abbencourt
Dorothy Granger She was 26, 82 years old when she died as Fat Girl
Erik Rhodes He was 43, 8 years old when he died as Georges Mounier
Gino Corrado He was 45, 89 years old when he died as Waiter (uncredited)
Luise Rainer She was 28, 104 years old when she died as Louise Mauban
Barbara Weeks She was 25, 89 years old when she died as Student (uncredited)
Jean Chatburn She was 24, 92 years old when she died as Mimi
Marie Blake She was 43, 82 years old when she died as Annette

Dramatic School Crew

Name Department
Franz Waxman as Original Music Composer. He was 31 (60) years old when He died Sound
Edwin B. Willis as Set Decoration. He was 45 (70) years old when He died Art
Leonid Raab as Orchestrator. He was 38 (68) years old when He died Sound
Joseph Ruttenberg as Director of Photography. He was 49 (93) years old when He died Camera
George Bassman as Orchestrator. He was 24 (83) years old when He died Sound
Mervyn LeRoy as Producer. He was 38 (86) years old when He died Production
Cedric Gibbons as Art Direction. He was 45 (67) years old when He died Art
Adrian as Costume Designer. He was 35 (56) years old when He died Costume & Make-Up
Robert B. Sinclair as Director. He was 33 (64) years old when He died Directing
C. Bakaleinikoff as Original Music Composer. He was 42 (70) years old when He died Sound
Douglas Shearer as Sound Recordist. He was 39 (71) years old when He died Sound
Ernest Vajda as Screenplay. He was 52 (67) years old when He died Writing
Hans Székely as Theatre Play. He was 37 (57) years old when He died Writing
Mary C. McCall, Jr. as Screenplay. She was 34 (81) years old when She died Writing
Fredrick Y. Smith as Editor. He was 35 (87) years old when He died Editing
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Dramatic School (85 years)

What price fame for innocent beauties seeking careers in the theatre's spotlight!

  • Release day: Friday, December 09, 1938
  • Runtime: 80 minutes