The Curtain Falls (1934)
1h 8m
Running Time
October 2, 1934Release Date
The Curtain Falls (1934)
1h 8m
Running Time
October 2, 1934Release Date
Plot.
In this drama an older actress plays her last role. The aging thespian is terribly depressed and ready to kill herself when she finds out that an older more successful friend has vanished. The missing actress's family is in a real quandry. To help them, the other impersonates the older actress. Loose ends are knitted together and then she admits her ruse.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Henrietta Crosman
Sarah Crabtree - Lady Scorsby
Dorothy Lee
Dot Scorsby
William Bakewell
Barry Graham
Natalie Moorhead
Katherine Scorsby
Holmes Herbert
John Scorsby
John Darrow
Allan Scorsby
Eddie Kane
Taggart
Dorothy Revier
Helene Deveridge
Jameson Thomas
Martin Deveridge
Bryant Washburn
Doctor
Aggie Herring
Mrs. McGillicuddy
Wilson Benge
Scorsby's 1st Butler
Fern Emmett
Undetermined Secondary Role
George R. Batcheller
Producer
Jack Shutta
Undetermined Secondary Role
M.A. Andersen
Cinematographer
Media.
Details.
This Movie Is About.
stage actor
elderly woman
Wiki.
The Curtain Falls is a 1934 drama film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Henrietta Crosman as an elderly actress on the brink of retirement. This film was made and released by the Poverty Row motion picture studio Chesterfield Pictures and was filmed at RKO Studios in Hollywood. Karl Brown wrote the story and screenplay.Crosman plays an actress called Sarah Crabtree, an obvious amalgamation of the names of Victorian era stage stars Sarah Bernhardt and Lotta Crabtree.
A rare film, it is now released on the Alpha DVD.