The Curtain Falls | Classic Drama Film
The Curtain Falls - Sarah Crabtree was once a star of the stage, but has fallen on hard times; the city has condemned and torn down her apartment building and she has nowhere to go.
The Curtain Falls (1934)
Director: Charles Lamont
Writers: Karl Brown
Stars: Henrietta Crosman, Dorothy Lee, William Bakewell
Genre: Drama
Country: United States
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 1934 (USA)
Filming Location: RKO Studios - 780 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA (Studio)
Storyline:
Sarah Crabtree was once a star of the stage, but has fallen on hard times; the city has condemned and torn down her apartment building and she has nowhere to go. She writes to her wealthy, famous friend Lady Henrietta Scorsby to help, only to be notified that Henrietta--well known for her proclivity for travel to exotic locales--is missing in Africa's Gobi Desert. Devastated by the news, Sarah--who has a chronic heart condition--decides to end her days by impersonating the carefree, fun-loving Henrietta at the Long Island estate of Henrietta's nephew John, who has only seen her once, many years previously. She soon finds out that her friend's family is beset by a variety of problems, and she sets out to solve these problems before she dies. But it turns out that they might not be so easily solvable.
Reviews:
"Retired actress Henrietta Crosman has come to the end of the road. She is old, broke, and the boarding house she lives in has just been condemned. She writes her old friend, Lady Scoursby, for help, but Scoursby has disappeared. So Crosman impersonates her, moving into the home of the Lady's nephew, Holmes Herbert -- he has not seen her since he was a boy and he is a rich man....or so Miss Crosman thinks. The bank will not extend his loans, his wife is cheating on him, his son, William Bakewell, is indebted to a crooked gambler who has his forged checks, and his daughter, Dorothy Lee, wants to marry a young man of no social standing. So Miss Crosman uses her borrowed name and acting skills to set things right.
It's good to see Miss Lee try straight acting, away from Wheeler and Woolsey, even if she is not exceptional. That's because Miss Crosman pulls out all stops and is very entertaining in this potboiler directed by Charles Lamont from a script by Karl Brown. She was born in 1861 and was a power on the stage for many years. She acted in a few silents, but came to Hollywood in 1930, with THE ROYAL FAMILY OF BROADWAY, and stayed for seven years. The highlight of her sound pictures is her starring role in Ford's PILGRIMAGE. She retired from the screen in 1937 and passed away in Pelham Manor, New York in 1944."
- written by "boblipton" on IMDb.com
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(original title) The Curtain Falls
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