Dramatic School (1938)

6.5/10 80 min Drama Romance

Overview

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

Luise Rainer

Louise Mauban

Paulette Goddard

Nana

Alan Marshal

Marquis Andre D'Abbencourt

Lana Turner

Mado

Genevieve Tobin

Gina Bertier

John Hubbard

Fleury

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.

Marie Blake

Annette

Cecilia Callejo

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Margaret Dumont

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Frank Puglia

Alphonse

Dorothy Granger

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