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I found this movie rather disappointing because it seems to wander from documentary on show business to thriller. The film must have been shotin a studio as the stage seems small and crowded with dancers in ridiculous costumes. One suspects that Tourneur wanted to satirize that type of"revue" rather than give an objective view of it. Everybody seems to be bored during the rehearsal. As for the criminal part the search for the murderer is not credible and there is no clever detective to clear Gaby. Yet it is an example of the cinema of the thirties. One may prefer "Faubourg Montmartre" with the same Gaby Morlay (and Charles Vanel,again a bad guy).Here she already fiddles with her handkerchief which became a sort of fetish when she played on the stage. Cinema amateurs should also see "Le Bonheur" with Charles Boyer, one of her best roles.