
Film
Curtain at Eight
1933 · 1h 8m · Mystery
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Overview
An elderly detective sets out to find who murdered a lecherous stage actor. His estranged wife? His would-be fiancee? Her father? Her boyfriend? A suicided actress's sister? The temperamental prop man? Or maybe the show's talented female chimpanzee?
Cast

C. Aubrey Smith
Detective Jim Hanley

Sam Hardy
Capt. Martin Gallagher

Russell Hopton
Reporter Mooney

Ruthelma Stevens
Doris Manning

Hale Hamilton
J.K. Manning

Jack Mulhall
Carey Weldon

Dorothy Mackaill
Lola Cresmer

Syd Saylor
Mac MacIntosh, the prop man

Paul Cavanagh
Wylie Thornton

Natalie Moorhead
Alma Jenkins Thornton

Marion Shilling
Anice Cresmer

William Humphrey
Allison, addled actor

Herman Bing
Sam, stage director

Dot Farley
Ella, hefty actress

Arthur Hoyt
Watkins, theater watchman

Matthew Betz
"Lovely" Holmes
Crew
- E. Mason HopperDirector
- Edward T. Lowe Jr.Screenplay
- Phil GoldstoneProducer
- Ira H. MorganDirector of Photography
Media
Details
- Release date
- October 1, 1933
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 8m
- Rated
- NR
- Genres
- Mystery
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