in my opinion and stage fright be a great film . like under capricorn and suspicion and stage fright be very underrated . stage fright focus on the point of view . we travel with eve gill ( jane wyman ) and her father commodore gill . we collect what she collect . false flashback scene be important and because jonathan ( richard todd ) be try to convince eve gill that he be innocent . jonathan want to survive and so he tell the false story to eve . he know that it be easy to tell a lie and because they be old friend . it be also false flashback that be responsible for some of the major event in the film like alastair sim ( commodore gill ) put the blood on the doll to frighten charlotte ( marlene dietrich ) . jane wyman and alastair sim and michael wilding and and kay walsh be great . the romantic scene in the car be beautifully act and beautifully film . the macguffin in stage fright be doris tinsdale . in the car scene and michael wilding ( inspector wilfred smith ) tell eve gill that he and police be look for doris tinsdale . only the audience and eve gill and and her father know that doris tinsdale doesn not exist . doris tinsdale be the name eve gill use when she start work for charlotte innwood ( marlene dietrich ) . it just like george kaplan in north by northwest . and george kaplan be one of the macguffin in north by northwest . marlene dietrich be alright . richard todd performance in the end make this film more special . he remind me of ivor novello in hitchcock first masterpiece the lodger and norman bates in psycho . but one of the major plot twist in the film be when smith tell gill that jonathan be acquit for an early murder when he claim that he kill in self defense . i like the way the movie be do . i definitely give this film positive .