

When a young stage hopeful is found dead, suspicion falls on her mentor, a successful Broadway producer.
Acting
Ginger Rogers devours scenes as the paranoid, theatrical Carlotta.
Production
Lavish CinemaScope interiors of penthouse apartments and backstage chaos.

Director
Nunnally Johnson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Ginger Rogers' first film in three years; she reportedly took the role specifically to play against her wholesome image.
Nunnally Johnson wrote the screenplay himself, loosely adapting a 1925 stage play—explaining why the theatrical world feels so lived-in.