stage fright be an entertaining and mostly lighthearted mystery while perhaps it theme be less consequential than in other hitchcock film and but it still deliver a good time . it utilize it theatrical setting well and contrast truth with artifice and and act with reality . and it character be interesting and well develop . musical comedy star charlotte inwood ( marlene dietrich ) husband have be murder and and her lover jonathan ( richard todd ) fear that she commit the crime and be try to frame him for it . while he hide from the police and eve ( jane wyman ) and an aspiring actress who have a crush on jonathan and pose a charlotte maid in order to get the evidence that will clear his name . at least and that how thing seemto u and and to eve . but at the end of the movie and we learn that someone lie at the beginning and twist the fact and and the real situation be different . though this lie flashback be widely consider to have cause stage fright failure and it actually feel necessary to me . this movie need a twist to distinguish it and or else it would be just an amusing but forgettable mystery . perhaps the title be mislead represent there not a lot of fright in stage fright . it a modest but enjoyable movie that feel more akin to hitchcock low budget british movie than his hollywood spectacular . a in the lady vanishes and the heroine be a spunky brunette instead of a cool blonde while the hero ( detective smith and play by michael wilding ) be likable but not stereotypically heroic or dash while and there be some good comic role for british character actor . alastair sim and sybil thorndike be hilarious a eve crazy parent . though wyman be a bit too obviously american and she make for an appealing heroine while it especially fun when she have to switch between play eve and pose a the cockney maid and doris . there a fascinating mash up of talent at work when charlotte sing the lazy gal in town represent song by cole porter and husky vocal by dietrich and costume by christian dior and direction by hitchcock . and though dietrich act seem unconvincing at firstshe best a a cool and implacable diva and not a distraught widowwhen you learn that the first scene be a lie and everything truly fall into place .