Stage Fright Family Review

A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence after he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.Jonathan Cooper is wanted by the police who suspect him of killing his lover's husband. His besotted friend Eve Gill offers to hide him and Jonathan explains to her that his real lover, actress Charlotte Inwood is the real murderer. Eve decides to investigate for herself, but when she meets the detective in charge of the case, she truly falls in love.—Col Needham <[email protected]>Eve Gill, an aspiring young actress, shelters a fellow acting student to whom she's attracted, Jonathan Cooper, from the police. He is suspected of murdering the husband of his mistress, Charlotte Inwood, a famous actress and singer. Jonathan claims that he became implicated when he tried to help Charlotte destroy some evidence. Eve's eccentric father, Commodore Gill, agrees to hide Jonathan in his house while she proves his innocence. To do this, Eve becomes Charlotte's temporary dresser. Eve's father devises a plan to force Charlotte to confess where it can be overheard by the inspector investigating the case.—alfiehitchieIn London, aspiring actress Eve Gill and her friend Jonathan Cooper are fleeing from the police in her car to her father's boat two hours far from the city. Eve has a crush on Jonathan and he tells her that a couple of hours earlier his mistress and actress Charlotte Inwood had come to his apartment in a blood stained dress and said that she had killed her husband. Jonathan agreed to go to her apartment to fetch a clean dress for Charlotte, but her maid saw him at the crime scene and called the police who are chasing him as prime suspect. Eve's father Commodore Gill lodges Jonathan at his house and Johnathan destroys the dress. Eve decides to investigate herself to prove Jonathan's innocence and gets closer to Charlotte, working as her temporary dresser. Meanwhile, Detective Wilfred Smith, who is in charge of the case, befriends Eve and they fall in love.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilHoping that she will help hide him, Jonathan Cooper confides in his besotted friend Eve Gill, a novice acting student at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, that he is helping famed stage actress Charlotte Inwood, his mistress, cover up the accidental killing of her husband. Jonathan states he is in trouble because Charlotte, who was wearing a blood stained dress, asked Jonathan to retrieve a clean dress for her at her supposedly empty house where he was spotted by the maid, Nellie Goode, just prior to Nellie finding the dead body. Eve agrees to help Jonathan since she is in love with him and believes he is being framed by Charlotte. When the police get involved, Eve tries to find out as much as she can from the lead investigator, Detective Inspector Wilfred Smith, who she ends up calling "Ordinary Smith" at his request, without divulging her connection to Jonathan. With her equally sleuthing father Commodore Gill behind her, Eve, using her acting skills, infiltrates the Inwood household acting as Charlotte's temporary dresser. These dual roles becomes difficult for Eve to manage. In the process of discovering the real killer, Eve ends up falling in love with detective Smith.—Huggo