Fresh
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.
Don Druker, Chicago Reader
Stage Door
Great stars! Great story! Great picture!
1937 · 1h 32m · APPROVED
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Gregory La Cava
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Stage Door
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Gregory La Cava Director
- Katharine Hepburn as Terry Randall
- Ginger Rogers as Jean Maitland
- Adolphe Menjou as Anthony Powell
- Gail Patrick as Linda Shaw
- Constance Collier as Miss Luther
- Andrea Leeds as Kay Hamilton
- Eve Arden as Eve
- Samuel S. Hinds as Henry Sims
- Lucille Ball as Judith
- Franklin Pangborn as Harcourt
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
95%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It is funny in spots, emotionally effective occasionally, and generally brisk and entertaining.
Variety Staff, Variety
Rotten
One of the great sassy-women comedy-dramas of the '30s.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
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