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Stage Door
Stage Door is a 1937 American drama film directed by Gregory La Cava. Adapted from the play of the same name, it tells the story of several would-be actresses who live together in a boarding house at 158 West 58th Street in New York City. The film stars Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, Gail Patrick, Constance Collier, Andrea Leeds, Samuel S. Hinds and Lucille Ball. It was produced and distributed by RKO Pictures. Eve Arden and Ann Miller, who became notable in later films, play minor characters.
Plot
Terry Randall (Katharine Hepburn) moves into the Footlights Club, a theatrical boarding house in New York. Her polished manners and superior attitude make her no friends among the rest of the aspiring actresses living there, particularly her new roommate, flippant, cynical dancer Jean Maitland (Ginger Rogers). From Terry's expensive clothing and her photograph of her elderly grandfather, Jean assumes she has obtained the former from her sugar daddy, just as fellow resident Linda Shaw (Gail Patrick) has from her relationship with influential theatrical producer Anthony Powell (Adolphe Menjou). In truth, Terry comes from a wealthy Midwest family. Over the strong objections of her father, Henry Sims (Samuel S. Hinds), she is determined to try to fulfill her dreams. In the boarding house, Terry's only supporter is aging actress Anne Luther (Constance Collier), who appoints herself Terry's mentor and acting coach.
Awards
Cast
- Adolphe Menjou
- Andrea Leeds
- Ann Miller
- Constance Collier
- Eve Arden
- Frank Reicher
- Franklin Pangborn
- Gail Patrick
- Ginger Rogers
- Grady Sutton
- Hillary Brooke
- Jack Carson
- Katharine Alexander
- Katharine Hepburn
- Lucille Ball
- Phyllis Kennedy
- Pierre Watkin
- Samuel S. Hinds
- Theodore Kosloff
- Theodore von Eltz
- William Corson
More details
| author | Anthony Veiller Edna Ferber George S. Kaufman Gregory La Cava Morrie Ryskind |
|---|---|
| award | National Board of Review: Top Ten Films |
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Gregory La Cava |
| editor | William Hamilton |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | act boarding house clothe curtain call date dead friend fall floor show land opening night return home run sugar daddy theatrical producer |
| musicBy | Roy Webb |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay |
| producer | Pandro S. Berman |
| productionCompany | RKO Pictures |
| publisher | RKO Radio Pictures |
| theme | dance |