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Release Date:
March 12, 1952
Original Title:
Curtain Up
Genres:
Comedy
Production Companies:
Constellation Films
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Ratings / Certifications:
GB: U
Runtime: 81
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.
Art Direction:
Geoffrey Drake
Assistant Director:
Philip Shipway
Associate Producer:
George Pitcher
Camera Operator:
Ted Moore
Clapper Loader:
Desmond Davis
Conductor:
Muir Mathieson
Continuity:
Maisie Kelly
Costume Design:
Joan Ellacott
Director:
Ralph Smart
Director of Photography:
Stanley Pavey
Editor:
Douglas Robertson
Hairdresser:
Gladys Atkinson
Makeup Artist:
Bob Lawrance
Original Music Composer:
Malcolm Arnold
Original Story:
Michael Pertwee
phillip king
Jack Davies
Producer:
Robert Garrett
Production Manager:
Jack Rix
Sound Editor:
Leslie Hodgson
Sound Recordist:
Red Law
Peter Handford
Wardrobe Supervisor:
John Wilson-Apperson
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