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](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/25743-henrietta-crosman.webp)
Henrietta Crosman
Sarah Crabtree - Lady Scorsby
![Dorothy Lee](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/99898-dorothy-lee.webp)
Dorothy Lee
Dot Scorsby
![William Bakewell](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/16826-william-bakewell.webp)
William Bakewell
Barry Graham
![Natalie Moorhead](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4676-natalie-moorhead.webp)
Natalie Moorhead
Katherine Scorsby
![Holmes Herbert](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4079-holmes-herbert.webp)
Holmes Herbert
John Scorsby
![John Darrow](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/47553-john-darrow.webp)
John Darrow
Allan Scorsby
![Eddie Kane](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/217692-eddie-kane.webp)
Eddie Kane
Taggart
![Dorothy Revier](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/25718-dorothy-revier.webp)
Dorothy Revier
Helene Deveridge
![Jameson Thomas](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/25735-jameson-thomas.webp)
Jameson Thomas
Martin Deveridge
![Bryant Washburn](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/27255-bryant-washburn.webp)
Bryant Washburn
Doctor
![Aggie Herring](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/81676-aggie-herring.webp)
Aggie Herring
Mrs. McGillicuddy
![Wilson Benge](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/190914-wilson-benge.webp)
Wilson Benge
Scorsby's 1st Butler
![Fern Emmett](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/28573-fern-emmett.webp)
Fern Emmett
Undetermined Secondary Role
![George R. Batcheller](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
George R. Batcheller
Producer
![Jack Shutta](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jack Shutta
Undetermined Secondary Role
![M.A. Andersen](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
M.A. Andersen
Cinematographer
Media.
![The Curtain Falls](https://images.moviefit.me/t/c/b/133884-the-curtain-falls.webp)
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.