

“She Didn't Have Any Experience either...So She Started at the Top...and Worked Her Way Up!”
An actress hopes to regain her lost son by making it to the top.
Directed by Curtis Bernhardt
User score
7 votes
Released
November 30, 1940
1h 21m
English

Miriam Hopkins
Mrs. Leslie Carter

Claude Rains
David Belasco

Richard Ainley
Lou Payne

Laura Hope Crews
Mrs. Dudley

Helen Westley
Mrs. 'Ma' Frazier

John Litel
Charles Bryant

Mona Barrie
Mrs. Hilda Brooks

Victor Jory
Mr. Clifton

Cecil Kellaway
Mr. Chapman

Fritz Leiber
Mr. Foster

Johnny Russell
Dudley Carter

Selmer Jackson
Henry DeMille

May Boley
Mrs. Peabody (uncredited)

Virginia Brissac
Miss Humbert (uncredited)

Maurice Cass
Scenic Artist (uncredited)

Glen Cavender
Stage Doorman (uncredited)
James Conaty
Actor at Rehearsal (uncredited)

William B. Davidson
Stock Company Manager (uncredited)

Bess Flowers
Mother in Miss Humbert's office (uncredited)

Huntley Gordon
Actor Playing John (uncredited)