The script they pick comes from novice writer Helen Middleton (Barbara Read) who is idealistic over artistic integrity and is totally oblivious that her poorly written play is being used in Avery, Crandall and Morley's battle. With one more play left on her contract Geoff comes up with a devious plan, to find the worst play in history and force her to make it, ruining her career and giving her no choice but to stay with them. Stage director Donald Avery (Alan Mowbray) and his producer Geoff Crandall (Donald MacBride) have a crisis on their hand as their star Charlotte Morley (Helen Vinson) wants to quit to go to work for another director. But do you know what, that doesn't matter because for what it is "Curtain Call" is a lot of fun, from the comedy to the performances and it achieves what it sets out to do and that is make you smile. "Curtain Call" at just over 60 minutes has the feel of a quickly made comedy which whilst not looking cheap lacks the flourishes of a big budget production. In fairness mentioning "The Producers" and "Curtain Call" in the same breathe is a little unfair because whilst they share a similar idea of a director and producer aiming to put on the worst play in history they are leagues apart.
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Before watching "Curtain Call" I read a few reviews to get some idea of what this forgotten movie is all about and the majority of them mentioned the similarities to "The Producers".
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