Stage Door

Name: Stage Door
Director: Gregory La Cava
Released: 1937
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, Gail Patrick, Constance Collier

1937 · 92 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 9,298 VOTES · DIR. Gregory La Cava

Overview

The ups and downs in the lives and careers of a group of ambitious young actresses and show girls from disparate backgrounds brought together in a theatrical hostel. Centres particularly on the conflict and growing friendship between Terry Randall, a rich girl confident in her talent and ability to make it to the top on the stage, and Jean Maitland, a world weary and cynical trouper who has taken the hard knocks of the ruthless and over-populated world of the Broadway apprentice.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,751 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:49 - Do you have to do that? - Pipe down.

00:04:48 What's Gerta sick about?

00:07:47 - How do you do? - Miss Luther, this is Miss Randall.

00:11:15 Did you get a load of that hat?

00:14:28 but it had better be soon.

00:17:30 - Peace at any price! - You can't have peace without a war.

00:20:52 Would you mind if I asked you a very humble question?

00:24:24 Look who's giving us the once-over.

00:27:35 Incidentally, I saw your Aunt Susan today...

00:30:29 So that I can learn to play a mean game of bridge...

00:34:55 I'll see if I can get you one for Mother's Day.

00:38:26 Thank you.

00:41:42 Thank you, Hattie.

00:45:23 Not at all. Anything for old Seattle.

00:48:56 You should see it only from here.

00:52:09 I'm going to do something about it in the morning.

00:55:48 So is Jean Maitland.

00:58:48 because that photo has been used to advertise...

01:02:35 You'd better let me talk to her first.

01:05:44 Is your client by any chance in love with this girl?

01:08:50 The calla lilies are in bloom again.

01:12:57 Did you hear that? That's all for you.

01:18:39 This Randall girl's going over big. Hear the applause?

01:23:17 I've got an office full of people, and she runs off on a date.

Cast & Characters

Katharine Hepburn Terry Randall Ginger Rogers Jean Maitland Adolphe Menjou Anthony Powell Gail Patrick Linda Shaw Constance Collier Miss Luther Andrea Leeds Kay Hamilton Samuel S. Hinds Henry Sims Lucille Ball Judith Canfield Franklin Pangborn Harcourt William Corson Bill

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,751

Dialogue density19.0 lines / min

First line00:01:49

Final line01:23:17

Production Record

DirectorGregory La Cava

LanguageEnglish

Budget$952,000

Revenue$1,762,000

IMDb votes9,298