Ring Up the Curtain is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.
Shortly before their arrival, the opera house's short-tempered manager fires the majority of the stage hands for drunkenness, leaving only Harold.
Trouble starts when Harold accidentally sets a snake charmer's animal free.
The show ends abruptly and the Leading Lady sadly informs Harold that she is now destitute.
The film ends with Harold turning on the gas in a dressing room, seemingly to commit suicide.