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Stage Door
Directed by
Gregory La Cava
Approved
1937
1h 32m
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A spirited heiress wishing to break into theatre on her own merit arrives at a boardinghouse where aspiring young actresses and showgirls are brought together through their cynicism and disappointments.
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Cast of Stage Door
Katharine Hepburn
Terry Randall
Ginger Rogers
Jean Maitland
Adolphe Menjou
Anthony Powell
Gail Patrick
Linda Shaw
Constance Collier
Miss Luther
Andrea Leeds
Kay Hamilton
Samuel S. Hinds
Henry Sims
Lucille Ball
Judith
Franklin Pangborn
Harcourt
William Corson
Bill
Pierre Watkin
Carmichael
Grady Sutton
Butch
Frank Reicher
Stage Director
Jack Carson
Mr. Milbanks
Phyllis Kennedy
Hattie
Eve Arden
Ève
Ann Miller
Annie
Margaret Early
Mary Lou
Jean Rouverol
Dizzy
Elizabeth Dunne
Mrs. Orcutt
Stage Door Ratings & Reviews
Esquire Magazine
Meyer Levin (Patterson Murphy)
Incidentally, the stage play was thrown away for the photoplay; they kept the name and locale. Great improvement. Ginger Rogers steals the show.
ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Donald J. Levit
The entire cast is stellar, including little knowns Lucille Ball -- "my big break"-- Eve Arden, "real discovery" Andrea Leeds, Jack Carson, and a 14-year-old Ann Miller who lied about her age.
Artforum
Melissa Anderson
Stage Door crackles with zingers ad-libbed by a cast that includes Ginger Rogers, Katharine Hepburn, Eve Arden, and Lucille Ball.
Chicago Reader
Don Druker
While it sometimes lapses into pure corn, it nevertheless manages to capture the manic-depressive dormitory atmosphere of young actresses trying to make it in New York.
Variety
Variety Staff
It is funny in spots, emotionally effective occasionally, and generally brisk and entertaining.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
Stage Door, La Cava's serio comedy about a group of aspiring actresses, is one of Hollywood's wittiest and most enjoyable backstage sagas. In top form, Hepburn and Ginger Rogers head a large cast that includes Lucille Ball, Andrea Leeds, and Ann Miller
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
La Cava keeps it always fascinating, the pace lively, the dialogue sharp and the ensemble cast all chip in with first-class performances.
Creative Loafing
Matt Brunson
Second only to the incomparable All About Eve as the best movie ever made about the theater.
Reno Gazette-Journal
Mark Robison
The movie is hilarious and touching with classic scenes of Hepburn trying to emote her lines about calla lilies.
Filmcritic.com
Don Willmott
If you love movies, Stage Door is mandatory viewing.
Slant Magazine
Dan Callahan
**** All About Eve. The real masterpiece about women and theater is Gregory La Cava's Stage Door.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Ken Hanke
Snappy adaptation of the play marred only by an outburst of sappiness at the end.
Juicy Cerebellum
Alex Sandell
Amazing cast, wonderful script, comedy and tragedy. A classic film.
San Francisco Examiner
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Hepburn is at her best here, witty and challenging and dangerous.
Goatdog's Movies
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
Good, solid, 1930s entertainment.
Filmsite
Tim Dirks
Stage Door (1937) is director Gregory La Cava's superb, realistic film about show business, female camaraderie, and the lives of aspiring, rival actresses
TV Guide
A stellar cast, superb direction, and a screenplay even better than the stage play on which it was based, all add up to one of the best movies about show business -- or about women living together -- ever made.
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