Director: Robert B. Sinclair

Writers: Ernest Vajda; Mary C. McCall, Jr.

From a play: School of Drama by Hans Szekely and Zoltan Egyed

Musical Score by: Franz Waxman

Producer: Mervyn LeRoy

Keywords: Drama

Girl who moonlights as a factory worker attends the Paris School of Drama and weaves an intricate fantasy life as a façade for the other students, then parts of the fantasy come true. Adapted from a Hungarian play, features several big stars early in their career. Final MGM contract film for Luise Rainer.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Marie Blake	Actor	21-Aug-1895	14-Jan-1978	Grandmama on The Addams Family
Rand Brooks	Actor	21-Sep-1918	1-Sep-2003	Gone With the Wind
Hans Conried	Actor	15-Apr-1917	5-Jan-1982	Character actor, 1930s to 1970s
Melville Cooper	Actor	15-Oct-1896	31-Mar-1973	The Adventures of Robin Hood
Margaret Dumont	Actor	20-Oct-1882	6-Mar-1965	Foil to the Marx Brothers
Paulette Goddard	Actor	3-Jun-1910	23-Apr-1990	Reap the Wild Wind
Virginia Grey	Actor	22-Mar-1917	31-Jul-2004	Hullabaloo
John Hubbard	Actor	14-Apr-1914	6-Nov-1988	Dramatic School
Alan Marshal	Actor	29-Jan-1909	13-Jul-1961	Night Must Fall
Frank Puglia	Actor	9-Mar-1892	25-Oct-1975	20 Million Miles to Earth
Luise Rainer	Actor	12-Jan-1910	30-Dec-2014	German film actress
Erik Rhodes	Actor	10-Feb-1906	17-Feb-1990	Top Hat
Ann Rutherford	Actor	2-Nov-1917	11-Jun-2012	Andy Hardy's girlfriend Polly
Gale Sondergaard	Actor	15-Feb-1899	14-Aug-1985	Anthony Adverse
Henry Stephenson	Actor	16-Apr-1871	24-Apr-1956	The Prince and the Pauper
Genevieve Tobin	Actor	29-Nov-1899	21-Jul-1995	One Hour with You
Lana Turner	Actor	8-Feb-1920	29-Jun-1995	The Postman Always Rings Twice

CAST

Luise Rainer	...   Louise
Paulette Goddard	...   Nana
with
Alan Marshal	...   Andre D'Abbencourt
Lana Turner	...   Mado
Genevieve Tobin	...   Gina Bertier
John Hubbard	...   Fleury
Henry Stephenson	...   Pasquel, Sr.
Gale Sondergaard	...   Mme. Charlot
Melville Cooper	...   Boulin
Erik Rhodes	...   Georges Mounier
Virginia Grey	...   Simone
Ann Rutherford	...   Yvonne
Hans Conried	...   Ramy
Rand Brooks	...   Pasquel, Jr.
Jean Chatburn	...   Mimi
Marie Blake	...   Annette
Cecilia C. Callejo	...   La Brasiliana
Margaret Dumont	...   Pantomimic Teacher
Frank Puglia	...   Alphonse
Dorothy Granger	...   Fat Girl

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