Stage Door
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou
Director: Gregory La Cava
Writer: Morrie Ryskind, Anthony Veiller, Gregory La Cava
Producer: Pandro S. Berman
Stage Door is a 1937 American tragicomedy film directed by Gregory La Cava, and starring Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, Gail Patrick, Constance Collier, Andrea Leeds, Samuel S. Hinds, and Lucille Ball. Adapted from the 1936 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.
Trivia
- Selected for the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films.
- Also nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture; Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress; Academy Award for Best Director; Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay.
- Based on Stage Door (play).
- RKO Radio Pictures purchased film rights to the stage play of the same name for $130,000.
- The film only sparsely resembles the play, except in a few character names, such as Kay Hamilton, Jean Maitland, Terry Randall, Linda Shaw, and Judith Canfield.
- In the play, Terry Randall is from a rural family whose father is a country doctor, and Jean Maitland is actually a shallow girl who becomes a movie star.
Filming Locations
- Principal photography for Stage Door began on June 7, 1937, and was completed on July 31, 1937.
Previous Showings
10 Runs • 6 Festivals
Original Billings: 1 run (October 31, 1937)
Original Run: October 31, 1937 (Sunday - Wednesday)
All runs on record (10):
- October 31, 1937 (Sunday - Wednesday)Ginger Rogers, Katharine Hepburn
- June 1 - 3, 1991w/ Libeled Lady
- July 8 - 11, 1995w/ Top Hat
- November 8 - 10, 1996w/ Shall We Dance
- July 4 - 7, 1998Dear Old Hollywoodw/ All About Eve
- September 15 - 18, 2001summer2k1w/ All About Eve
- September 21 - 22, 2002Fall Folliesw/ The Great McGinty
- May 25 - 27, 2007Katharine Hepburnw/ Little Women
- December 14 - 16, 2011Fall 2011w/ Little Women
- September 11 - 13, 2019Summer 2019w/ Bachelor Mother