The read
It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Mary C. McCall, Jr.Screenplay
- Ernest VajdaScreenplay
- Robert B. SinclairDirector
- Franz WaxmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Luise RainerLouise Mauban
- Paulette GoddardNana
- Alan MarshalMarquis Andre D'Abbencourt
- Lana TurnerMado
- Genevieve TobinGina Bertier
- John HubbardFleury
- Henry StephensonPasquel Sr.
- Gale SondergaardMadame Therese Charlot
- Melville CooperBoulin
- Erik RhodesGeorges Mounier
- Virginia GreySimone
- Ann RutherfordYvonne
Stills
Themes
jealousyplayboystruggling actoraspiring actorprofessional jealousy