Stage Door

Stage Door

About

The credits provoke an anticipatory glow of pleasure at the prospect of astringent dialogue brilliantly delivered by a stellar cast, elegantly guided by the underrated La Cava. This was one of his finest films, with a veil of comedy concealing the conventions or clichés of the plot. This is ultimately a fairly harsh look at the less glamorous side of Broadway aspirations, as a group of actresses live their off-stage lives in a boarding house. The latter half of the movie is even more sombre, but the wondrous ensemble playing overcomes the elements of contrivance.

Cast & Connections

Actor: Andrea Leeds, Constance Collier, Adolphe Menjou, Ginger Rogers, Gail Patrick, Katharine Hepburn
Director: Gregory La Cava
Writer: Morrie Ryskind
Producer: Pandro S Berman
Photographer: Robert de Grasse

In a nutshell

The plot is, in fact, unimportant, as the piece has an atmosphere and accuracy that remains entirely convincing.

Latest from Film4...

Jonah

A Film4-backed short directed by Kibwe Tavares and starrnig Daniel Kaluuya
The Great Gatsby

Baz Luhrmann adapts F Scott Fitzgerald's great American novel, with Leondardo DiCaprio in the title role

The Fighter on Film4

Watch David O Russell's Oscar-winning biographical boxing drama on Film4
Thumbsucker on Film4

Watch Mike Mills' directorial debut, starring Vince Vaughn, Tilda Swinton and Keanu Reeves

IT'S CANNES!! AGAIN.

For an event that generates so much excitement and carries with it such potential for surprise, it's remarkable how - year after year - the experience of being at the Cannes Film Festival always feels
Venturing into Un Certain Regard: The Bling Ring and Fruitvale Station

Film4.com editor Catherine Bray ventures outside the Cannes Competition line-up - although not very far outside, with round ups of two films from the prestigious Un Certain Regard strand... Having no

Warp at 10 film posters

Artist Pete Mckee presents 10 special movie posters designed to celebrate Warp Films' 10th anniversary.
Top 50 Sci-Fi Movies

Future worlds, alien attacks, camp robots, stun guns and more

Film4 Recommends