DRAMATIC SCHOOL (1938)

Was itching to see a classic and had Paulette Goddard on the brain, so came across this full film by accident on YouTube - and loved it.  Luise Rainer stars as Louise Mauban, a drama student at a prestigious acting school in Paris who works at night in a factory because she's very poor.  She daydreams through life, plays running through her head that she concocts in the hopes her life will follow suit and make her a successful actress - but when she fabricates a relationship with a wealthy playboy to avoid letting her fellow students know what she does at night, one of those students, Nana (Paulette Goddard), meets the man by chance and finds out it's all a lie ... so she sets a trap to catch Louise in her lie, in front of the entire class, though things don't go quite as planned.  Co-starring Lana Turner, Virginia Grey, Ann Rutherford, Gale Sondergaard and more, the stellar cast pulls off one very enjoyable romantic drama that, even with bits of melodrama, makes for an intriguing watch (note: the file below is the ENTIRE FILM, not just the trailer). (not rated)  B