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Hans Székely (play) and
Zoltan Egyed (play) ...
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Release Date:
9 December 1938 (USA) more
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What price fame for innocent beauties seeking careers in the theatre's spotlight! more
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Aspiring actress Louise Muban attends the prestigious Paris School of Drama during the day and works... more | add synopsis
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Plush cast in what is basically a B-film from MGM... more (7 total)
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Luise Rainer | ... | Louise Mauban |
 | Paulette Goddard | ... | Nana |
| Alan Marshal | ... | Marquis Andre D'Abbencourt |
 | Lana Turner | ... | Mado |
| Genevieve Tobin | ... | Gina Bertier |
| John Hubbard | ... | Fleury (as Anthony Allan) |
| Henry Stephenson | ... | Pasquel, Sr. |
| Gale Sondergaard | ... | Madame Therese Charlot |
| Melville Cooper | ... | Boulin |
| Erik Rhodes | ... | Georges Mounier |
| Virginia Grey | ... | Simone |
| Ann Rutherford | ... | Yvonne |
| Hans Conried | ... | Ramy |
| Rand Brooks | ... | Pasquel Jr. |
| Jean Chatburn | ... | Mimi |
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80 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #4859) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)
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MGM had planned for Greer Garson to make her film debut in the film, but shortly before shooting began, Garson injured her back and the role was recast with Luise Rainer. more
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DRAMATIC SCHOOL was obviously designed as a star vehicle for LUISE RAINER, the European actress whose career fizzled after winning two Oscars in the mid-'30s. Her acting here is even more mannered than usual, aside from seeming eccentric as compared to the more natural acting styles of others in the cast. And it's quite a cast--a whole bevy of up-and-coming young stars on the Metro lot.
PAULETTE GODDARD gets most of the footage as a glamorous and scheming bad girl while LANA TURNER, VIRGINIA GREY and ANN RUTHERFORD play more conventional types.
But oddly enough, in a film concentrating on its young female talent, the picture is stolen by ALAN MARSHAL in the film's only substantial male role--elegant, debonair, sophisticated and as handsome as any matinee idol. And the other scene stealer is none other than GALE SONDERGAARD as a drama instructor who lets jealousy get the upper hand in dealing with her students.
It's all formula stuff, interesting only for the cast and offering very little in the way of a credible plot. LUISE RAINER's "magic" as a performer eludes me. I never cared for her artificial poses and her Joan of Arc sequence is ludicrous.
Worth noting is RAND BROOKS (he was Charles Hamilton in GWTW) as a young actor who can't act. A clever bit of typecasting.