Dramatic School (1938)
- Starring:
- Luise Rainer, Paulette Goddard, (more)
- Director(s):
- Robert Sinclair
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Viennese-born Luise Rainer plays a young Parisian girl who attends an exclusive drama school, working nights at a factory to pay the tuition. Despite the jealousies of her fellow students, Luise allows nothing to discourage her from her goal to become as great an actress as her idol (Gale Sondergaard). The girl wins the coveted role of Joan of Arc in an upcoming play, but the victory has a bitter taste when she realizes she's beaten out her idol for the part. At the end, Luise manages to have both a happy career and a successful marriage, even though her friends (and enemies) insist that such a combination is impossible. Dramatic School is a film buff's banquet; virtually every bit player in the cast (Ann Rutherford, Lana Turner, Dick Haymes, Hans Conried, etc.) later graduated to show-biz prominence. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Luise Rainer - Louise
- Alan Marshal - Andre D'Abbencourt
- Genevieve Tobin - Gina Bertier
- Henry Stephenson - Pasquel, Sr.
- Melville Cooper - Boulin
- Virginia Grey - Simone
- Hans Conried - Ramy
- Jean Chatburn - Mimi
- Cecilia Callejo - La Brasiliana
- Frank Puglia - Alphonse
- Louis Adlon
- Pedro de Cordoba
- Jacques Lory
- Paul Irving
- Dick Haymes
- Mimi Doyle - Student
- William Tannen
- Arthur Gardner
- Dorothea Wolbert
- Eleanor Wesselhoeft
- Beryl Wallace
- Ruth Alder
- Lyle Moraine
- Rick Vallin
- Kay Stewart
- John Shelton - Student
- Ona Munson - Student
- Esther Dale - Forewoman in Factory
- Edward Arnold, Jr.
- Marion Burns
- Leon Belasco
- Paulette Goddard - Nana
- Lana Turner - Mado
- Anthony Allan - John Hubbard
- Gale Sondergaard - Mme. Charlot
- Erik Rhodes - Georges Mounier
- Ann Rutherford - Yvonne
- Rand Brooks - Pasquel, Jr.
- Marie Blake - Annette
- Margaret Dumont - Pantomime teacher
- Dorothy Granger - Fat girl
- Jules Cowles
- Warren McCollum
- Florence Lake - Factory Worker
- John Hubbard - Fleury
- Eric Effron
- Jill Dennett
- Robert Parrish
- Valerie Day
- Marek Windheim - Greneuil, the Librettist
- Barbara Weeks
- George Travell
- John Picorri
- Jack Daniels
- Minerva Urecal - Rose, Boulin's Secretary
- William Stelling
- Carol Parker
- Leonard Mudie
- Gino Corrado
- Maurice Cass - Verilier, the Composer
- Max Barwyn
- Director(s):
- Robert Sinclair
- Writer(s):
- Ernest Vajda, Mary C. McCall, Jr.
- Producer(s):
- Mervyn LeRoy
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