Dramatic School

Robert B. Sinclair
1938-12-09

What price fame for innocent beauties seeking careers in the theatre's spotlight!
6.2
80 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Luise Rainer Louise Mauban Unowned
Paulette Goddard Nana Unowned
Alan Marshal Marquis Andre D'Abbencourt Unowned
Lana Turner Mado Unowned
Genevieve Tobin Gina Bertier Unowned
John Hubbard Fleury Unowned
Henry Stephenson Pasquel Sr. Unowned
Gale Sondergaard Madame Therese Charlot Unowned
Melville Cooper Boulin Unowned
Erik Rhodes Georges Mounier Unowned
Virginia Grey Simone Unowned
Ann Rutherford Yvonne Unowned
Hans Conried Ramy Unowned
Rand Brooks Pasquel Jr. Unowned
Jean Chatburn Mimi Unowned
Marie Blake Annette Unowned
Cecilia Callejo La Brasiliana Unowned
Margaret Dumont Pantomime Teacher Unowned
Frank Puglia Alphonse Unowned
Dorothy Granger Fat Girl Unowned
Gino Corrado Waiter (uncredited) Unowned
Dick Haymes Student (uncredited) Unowned
Minerva Urecal Rose - Boulin's Secretary (uncredited) Unowned
Barbara Weeks Student (uncredited) Unowned
Poppy Wilde Nightclub Patron Unowned
Leonard Mudie Bishop Cauchon in "Joan of Arc" (uncredited) Unowned