Curtain at Eight is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring C. Aubrey Smith, Dorothy Mackaill and Paul Cavanagh.

[1] Wylie Thornton is the star of "Isle of Romance" at the Edwin Booth Theater.

Geraldine has figured out how to open and close her wheeled cage, numbered "7", which is in the Property Room of the theater.

In the Property Room, Geraldine gets her hands on a .32 caliber unrifled revolver and in handling the gun, accidentally fires it.

Upset by Thornton's two-timing, Anice Cresmer, who plays "Tonga" in "Isle of Romance", takes her own life; she is found by her sister Lola.

Wylie Thornton has gambling debts and in a row with his wife, Alma, gets called a "cackling boudoir rooster" and a "flannel mouth Romeo".

Wylie Thornton is leaving for a bigger engagement in New York and a farewell party is held for him.