EMI-MGM Presents The Return Of Entertainment
The assistant stage manager of a small-time theatrical company is forced to understudy for the leading lady at a matinée performance at which an illustrious Hollywood director is in the audience scouting for actors to be in his latest "all-talking, all-dancing, all-singing" extravaganza.
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Twiggy Christopher Gable Max Adrian Bryan Pringle Murray Melvin Moyra Fraser Georgina Hale Sally Bryant Vladek Sheybal Tommy Tune Brian Murphy Graham Armitage Antonia Ellis Caryl Little Anne Jameson Catherine Willmer Robert La'Bassiere Barbara Windsor Glenda Jackson Imogen Claire Susan Claire Petra Siniawski Peter Greenwell Steven Longhurst
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