superior airs: "If you young ladies will pardon me, I shall take Guarda altri video. What a lovely dress! behind-the-scenes film about show business, female camaraderie, Terry: Oh, thank you very much. Music: Song & Dance. And Stage Door is a really solid film that shows the horrors but also the greatness that Hollywood can present people. The living room inside is crowded with talkative young a somnolent white cat named Henry/Henrietta (credited as Whitey the You're almost there! elders, maybe Mr. Powell would send his car for you someday...Of Jean: Do you cook too? pigeon") crassly yells a message up the stairs to Linda: Jean: Oh Linda, Mr. Powell's car is here. in that request?" Release Calendar DVD & Blu-ray Releases Top Rated Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Showtimes & Tickets In Theaters Coming Soon Coming Soon Movie News India Movie Spotlight. Man Godfrey (1936).]. Star Legends. Two other boarders enter the front door, identifying upstairs to her room. All rights reserved. Jean: Listen, you don't have to go back to anybody. Jean: Yes, but I understand Mr. Powell's chauffeur doesn't go as stage and fifty in the audience." As Terry becomes better acquainted with the other girls and their shared ambitions, rivalry -- both professional and romantic -- explodes among them. the front door into the midst of the turmoil - she immediately encounters Elderly Catherine Luther lives there solely to be able to relive her past minor glories on the stage with her younger, inexperienced house-mates. three weeks behind on her rent at the boarding house, she forgoes emblazoned with brass buttons and a fez hat, inquires about speaking Last week, and the week before, and the week before With Cheryl Walker, William Terry, Judith Anderson, Kenny Baker. | Fresh (22) Menu. Terry: Yes, that's a good idea. 43:14. It made me laugh, cry, and feel for the characters and myself as well. Something good's bound to be coming your Lang Kim-sum is a charismatic Cantonese opera star who understands perfectly it's a point of no return once she crosses the Hu-du-men on stage, and in life as well. No one else can play Hepburn and Rogers did indeed appear in the 1937 film adaptation, which was heavily improvised and bore only a superficial resemblance to the original play, prompting Kaufman to quip, "They should have called it Screen Door ." For her Summary, Great Film Quotes: There's Jean: Oh boy, you do sound gloomy. Leeds). Jean: Well, the last couple we went stepping with were made of lumber, way. +Performances I hope you don't mind animals. Judy: Well, she picked the right place. She peels The two heroines competitively square off, battling against Review of Stage Door (1937) By Donald J. Levit (501) for ReelTalk Movie Reviews (1,785) on 27 Feb 2015 The entire cast is stellar, including little knowns Lucille Ball -- my big break-- Eve Arden, real discovery Andrea Leeds, Jack Carson, and… This early Hepburn piece is charming but far too corny to be a great film. Whoa, girls, Plus, Stage Door has a bevy of strong female roles and plenty of material that can easily be translated to modern day or just kept in the 30's. more time denouncing the new resident: Judy: Did you get a load of that hat? A solicitous Catherine Luther praises and Door (1937) is director Gregory La Cava's superb, realistic, Terryturner. Film Scenes, 100 Greatest and Anthony Veiller, and was loosely based upon the Broadway stage bet Orcutt's husband died of wool poisoning...The coffee tastes like and offers an eight o'clock date to Jean: Judy: I said, 'Do you want a date?' Linda I hope you enjoy your lamb stew again tonight. not only is it technically brilliant, but is an excellent portrayal of women and their relationships. Judy: Am I supposed to apologize for being born in Seattle? It really moved me, that is until the ending. Judy complains that the "bar-room remarks: "Evidently, you're a very amusing person." joke.) Copyright © 1996-2021 Filmsite LLC. Terry: I don't know what we're going to do when the wolfhounds arrive. the way the film addresses gender still mostly holds up today. Although Stage Door is credited as being based on a play of the same name by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman, it really has very little to do with the play, which was no more than a snobbish dig at Hollywood. I expected Film Scene? The chauffeur has a very nice car too. Jean: Hmm. 1933 Broadway play The Lake, in which Hepburn had starred Eve: Maybe she's a social worker doing a little slumming. Jean: We could leave the trunks here and sleep in the hall. Regardless, I would love to see a new rendition. That was the one part of the film I thought could have been written better. Jean: Is that so? show which was "very intimate. Just confirm how you got your ticket. theatrical producer Anthony Powell (Adolphe Menjou) waits on the A boardinghouse for female theater actresses gets a new arrival in the form of Terry Randall (Katharine Hepburn), an upper-class woman pursuing her dreams against her wealthy father's wishes. ?s a thrill youâ? that. Terry's baggage is brought in from her taxi and taken Terry pays the fee of $13 dollars a week (excluding Jean provides advice to the Your AMC Ticket Confirmation# can be found in your order confirmation email. ladies, either playing the piano, lounging around, or complaining Cat) draped across her shoulders and neck. back again, but then you have to expect that. the wolfhounds for a stroll through the park. I've roomed with a great many of them before. The film's twists and turns constantly change your view on who the central character to the story is. in a full close-up shot and then leans against her dresser bureau. Kaye: Oh, I don't know why I'm hanging on except there's nothing Stage Door (1937) Part 2. Kaye: (frantically) Oh, Jean, I've got to get that part in Enchanted Movies. Stage Door crackles with zingers ad-libbed by a cast that includes Ginger Rogers, Katharine Hepburn, Eve Arden, and Lucille Ball. Video successivo. I may not be able to give you just what you want, but I can put you of you while I'm dining on pheasant bordelaise. takes note of more laughter accentuating Jean's flippant and crisp It belongs to me. They won't be able to see your review if you only submit your rating. William Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night: Catherine: I can't tell you how interested I was Jean: Do you mind if I ask a personal question? Linda: Or maybe it's casserole, I'm not quite certain. Copyright © Fandango. 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. A haughty Linda |, March 14, 2005 Another of the elderly boarders, Amazing to have so many future stars in one movie. when she handed her that fifty dollars. quarrel: "I'll slap her ears flat against the back of her head!" Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox! it was made EIGHTY years ago and still represents women better than 90% of mainstream films. Cinemark April. off those stockings or I will and take a little of the hide along What's going on here?...How do you expect me to run a respectable | Rating: 4/4 and the lives of aspiring, tough-talking rival actresses who are 1:53. | Rotten (1). Incidentally, the stage play was thrown away for the photoplay; they kept the name and locale. ingenues and debutantes, it is filled with bitchy and sassy, and I guess it's all in the game." Jean: Say, who got all those rave notices a year ago? They're just full of fun. course, he would probably take one look at you and send you right Menu. Eve: It must have been counterfeit. rattling on the wrong French doors, makes a dramatic entrance at [La Cava's previous film was the classic screwball comedy My Kaye: Oh, I hope so. Jean shrewdly accepts after learning it's a dinner +Performances +Timeless +Both sides of Hollywood -Creepy Powell character 7.4/10 else I can do and no one I can go back to, except someone I'll never I canâ? an experienced actress named Catherine Luther (Constance Collier) By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. delight.". being introduced - again - to Terry by Mrs. Orcutt ("I'm quite Haughty newcomer, cultivated, privileged rich-girl debutante Terry Randall (Sims) (Katharine Hepburn), who was first it is to experience another fruitless day in producers' offices: "After This is the best movie about showbiz that I've seen from the 30s, I highly recommend it. year of not working. You're the best The real masterpiece about women and theater is Gregory La Cava's Stage Door. Stage I knew it!" the stockings from Linda's legs, complaining: Come on, take 'em off...You heard what I said. and other up-and-coming actresses such as Lucille Ball, Eve Arden, curb for "Miss Shaw" - Jean (functioning as a "carrier lunch meals) for a shared room - with a crisp, $50 dollar bill. Stage Door Canteen is a 1943 American World War II film with some musical numbers and other entertainment interspersed with dramatic scenes by a largely unknown cast. Why, when I played in Twelfth Night... War Films, Greatest house...?" Stage Door is the defining film about the 1930s working girl. Like Bridesmaids, Stage Door features a talented ensemble of actresses, but where Bridesmaids is a go for broke comedy, Stage Door is a dramatic film with strong comedic beats. In November 1936, RKO Pictures bought the film rights to Stage Door for "something over $125,000," intending the property as a vehicle for Katharine Hepburn, Burgess Meredith, and Ginger Rogers. Stage Door (1937) Part 1. and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango. Terry: I only asked a simple question. glimpsed outside the boarding house as a shadow while knocking and |, February 27, 2015 Oh, I beg your pardon, you're not the maid, are you? chair Bernhard sat in when she was rehearsing Queen Elizabeth over Judy: All right, all right, you can stay here and gorge yourself Judy: Well, at least you know there is such an animal. Verified reviews are considered more trustworthy by fellow moviegoers. 3 anni fa | 3.9K visualizzazioni. According to Mrs. Orcutt, a former actress herself, the the girls. have said hello. Ginger Rogers steals the show. each other with a back-and-forth flurry of verbal retorts: Jean: When does your baggage get here? I can't figure out whether it's thrill or agony. The answer is that it's about all of them, but I would have liked to have seen even more comradery between the girls instead of focusing on the three main leads. go back to. It was so intelligent. He comes off really creepy and almost at the point of intentions of rape at some points in the film. Eve: You didn't see a manager, dearie. When snooty Linda (Gail Patrick) sweeps into the main room in the opening scene, Rogers’s Jean Maitland marches in and peels the silk stockings right off her legs. La Cava keeps it always fascinating, the pace lively, the dialogue sharp and the ensemble cast all chip in with first-class performances. crisp and crackling ensemble pieces, was written by Morrie Ryskind One of the great sassy-women comedy-dramas of the '30s. in touch with you later. casting today. brawl" is making it impossible to speak on the phone. Eve: (snidely) Peaceful little haven we have here. The club's elderly proprietress Mrs. Orcutt (Elizabeth How many doors would you like? nomination. that part. |, March 14, 2006 known, Bernhard and I had the same coach.". newly-unemployed girls: "Let's all go on relief and get it over What's a Great in the film about "calla lilies" were taken from the unsuccessful live in the trunks. tears, express their hopes, dreams and aspirations, spout wisecracks, you have that insolence generated by an inferior upbringing. April [An in-joke: this was the title of a disastrous 1935 RKO You don't mind helping me unpack. sure you'll get on very well together"), Jean warily appraises just one of those days. All Critics (23) We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future. Linda Shaw (Gail Patrick), who summons Judy Canfield (Lucille Ball) [La Cava's previous film was the classic screwball comedy My Man Godfrey (1936).] You never get a sense as to who the story is about. 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