Dramatic School

Dramatic School

80 mins | Drama, Romance | Dec. 9, 1938

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.

Dramatic School

80 mins | Drama, Romance | Dec. 9, 1938

Dramatic School
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.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Dramatic School
Directors Robert B. Sinclair
Writers Zoltan Egyed, Mary C. McCall, Jr., Hans Székely, Ernest Vajda

Cast

Luise Rainer

as Louise Mauban

Alan Marshal

as Marquis Andre D'Abbencourt

Lana Turner

as Mado

Genevieve Tobin

as Gina Bertier

John Hubbard

as Fleury

Henry Stephenson

as Pasquel Sr.

Gale Sondergaard

as Madame Therese Charlot

Melville Cooper

as Boulin

Erik Rhodes

as Georges Mounier

Virginia Grey

as Simone

Ann Rutherford

as Yvonne

Hans Conried

as Ramy

Rand Brooks

as Pasquel Jr.

Jean Chatburn

as Mimi

Marie Blake

as Annette

Cecilia Callejo

as La Brasiliana

Margaret Dumont

as Pantomime Teacher

Frank Puglia

as Alphonse

Dorothy Granger

as Fat Girl

Gino Corrado

as Waiter (uncredited)

Dick Haymes

as Student (uncredited)

Minerva Urecal

as Rose - Boulin's Secretary (uncredited)

Barbara Weeks

as Student (uncredited)

Poppy Wilde

as Nightclub Patron