Stage Door
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Stage Door theatrical poster
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| Directed by | Gregory La Cava |
| Produced by | Pandro S. Berman |
| Screenplay by |
Morrie Ryskind Anthony Veiller |
| Based on |
Stage Door (play) by Edna Ferber George S. Kaufman |
| Starring |
Katharine Hepburn Ginger Rogers Adolphe Menjou |
| Music by | Roy Webb |
| Cinematography | Robert De Grasse |
| Edited by | William Hamilton |
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| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures (US) Radio Pictures Ltd (UK) |
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92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $952,000 |
| Box office | $1,762,000 |
Stage Door is a 1937 RKO film, adapted from the play by the same name, that 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. Eve Arden and Ann Miller, who became notable in later films, play minor characters.
The film was adapted by Morrie Ryskind and Anthony Veiller from the play by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman, but the play's storyline and the characters' names were almost completely changed for the movie, so much so in fact that Kaufman joked the film should be called "Screen Door".
Terry Randall (Katharine Hepburn) moves into the Footlights Club, a theatrical rooming 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 , just as fellow resident Linda Shaw (Gail Patrick) has from her relationship with influential theatrical producer Anthony Powell (Adolphe Menjou). In truth however, Terry comes from a very wealthy, upper class, Midwest family. Over the strong objections of her father, Henry Sims (Samuel S. Hinds), she is determined to try to fulfill her dreams on her own. In the boarding house, Terry's only supporter is aging actress Anne Luther (Constance Collier), who appoints herself Terry's mentor and acting coach.
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