Pdf katharine hepburn her film and stage career download online. Katherine hepburn is the lead, herself only just thirty between quality street and bringing up baby. Stage door from 1937 was one of ginger rogerss first dramatic acting roles. Of course, theater people are bound to love it most. And though motion picture rules forbade openly queer characters at the time, the subtext is hard to miss. Katharine hepburn stars as terry randall a young woman who comes from a wealthy, socially connected family. In this drama, she had a chance to display a really dramatic talent, with some dancing in addition. Stage door canteen is a 1943 american world war ii film with some musical numbers and other entertainment interspersed with dramatic scenes by a largely unknown cast. I watched stage door 1937 the other day and knew right there and then that it certainly deserved a post. Stage door 1937 katharine hepburn was in discussions to star in the original broadway stage production of stage door, but broadway producer leland hayward, reportedly jealous of her deepening friendship with noted film director john ford, cast his thengirlfriend margaret sullavan in the leading role. Kaufman, the film tells the story of what happens to a group of aspiring actresses who happen to board.
Such a strange flower can you guess the actress in the scene on this sound clip from stage door. I mean, ginger rogers, katharine hepburn, adoplhe menjou and lucille ball, all in one film. And stage door is a really solid film that shows the horrors but also the greatness that hollywood can present people. A screen adaptation of the play by edna ferber and george s. Stage door was not the first film to mention the casting couch, but others tended to bring it up only to exonerate those who wielded it. But in their examinations of how women can alter the viewing practices that were so prevalent in the classic hollywood era, for members of the queer female audience, lining up subjectivity in unexpected places is a stimulating alternative. Kaufman play, stage door is a comedic portrait of the theatrical community in new york. Stage door 1937 official trailer katharine hepburn movie. Stage door 1937, a queer reading film theory seminar. Not in some personal, auteurist way, but in having achieved an almost ideal example of depressionera movie entertainment. Stage door is a movie ive seen waaaay too many times and, in this case, that remains high praise. Stage door 1937 katharine hepburn is the daughter of a wealthy wheat baron samuel hinds that wants to make it as an actress anonymously. The film is worthy of the accolades as ive hopefully explained. 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.
Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. In addition to margaret sullavan in the leading role, the supporting cast included tom ewell and mary wickes. Director gregory lacava apparently liked to hit the bottle and so had a spotty career, but stage door is his masterpiece. The katharine hepburn film stage door was surprisingly. With katharine hepburn, ginger rogers, adolphe menjou, gail patrick. It stars ginger rogers, katharine hepburn, lucille ball and eve arden. More needling comments in the living room ridicule terrys enamourings and obsessions about shakespeare. Stage door tells the story of a group of struggling young actresses living at the fictional footlights club, a theatrical boarding house on west 58th street in manhattan. Volba padla na stage door obsazeny tremi velkymi hvezdami sve doby.
Adapted from the play of the same name, it tells the story of several wouldbe actresses who live. It boasts an amazing cast of legendary female stars, as well as a few familiar male faces in small or supporting roles. Stage door film from wikimedia commons, the free media repository. Katharine hepburn, ginger rogers and lucille ball stage door 1937 official trailer katharine hepburn movie a boardinghouse full.
Also look for eve arden with the cat around her neck category entertainment. Kaufman and edna ferber, opened at the music box theater in new york on october 22, 1936 and ran for 169 performances. Stage door ended up a big box office hit and for katharine hepburn, was a first step back towards the top. It has an all star cast with ginger rogers, adolphe monjou, lucille ball and many others. One of my favorite films from the hollywood studio era is stage door 1937. Stage door 1937 a boardinghouse for female theater actresses gets a new arrival in the form of terry randall katharine hepburn, an upperclass. Stage door went on to receive academy award nominations for best picture, director, screenplay, and supporting actress andrea leeds. You cant just walk through that door into a part on stage, so while they bide their time they live together at the footlights club, a theatrical residence club for young women.
It is a story that takes place at the footlights club, a theatrical boarding house for women. What matters most to an acting hopeful is an open door. The 1923 film souls for sale was written as a rejoinder to the criticism the industry sustained in the wake of fatty arbuckles relentlessly publicized 1921 trial for the manslaughter of virginia rappe. Missouri home where hollywood legend ginger rogers was born turned into museum.
Still, the quality of the image on this dvd edition of the classic film suggests something was amiss with the print or video master from which the transfer was. The film stars katharine hepburn, ginger rogers, adolphe menjou, gail patrick, constance collier, andrea leeds, samuel s. Kaufman play about a boardinghouse for aspiring actresses. I can so see why it was nominated for best picture in 1937 the honor was welldeserved in my opinion. The film was produced by sol lessers principal artists productions and directed by frank borzage. Taken from the stage success by kaufman and ferber, its a b. From a play by edna ferber of giant fame and george s. Released october 8th, 1937, stage door stars katharine hepburn, ginger rogers, adolphe menjou, andrea leeds the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 32 min, and received a score of out of 100 on.
It was loosely based on the play of the same name by edna ferber and george s. Swietne teksty, calkiem sympatyczne postacie, ale film zasadniczo o niczym. She goes to live in a theatrical boarding house and finds her. Stage door was nominated for four academy awards including best picture, best director, best screenplay, and best supporting actress for andrea leeds as kay. Written by morrie ryskind and anthony veiller, based on the play by edna ferber and george s. Like the rest of the country, the theatre district was hurt by the depression and the women who had chosen a life independent of a husband and family instead struggle with the alternative. A chronicle of the ambitions, dreams, and disappointments of aspiring actresses who all live in the same boarding house. The stage version of stage door, written by george s. I can imagine that in 1937, a lot of critics probably didnt even think to acknowledge these important themes, instead emphasizing the. Basically a big boarding house, the residence club served meals as part of its rent and provided the girls safety and. When she hears their collective chattering, she attempts to subdue and civilize the barbarians, like her grandfather had conquered the frontier. Kaufman play, the tale was considerably rewritten for film, so much that kaufman quipped it should be called screen door. Loosely based on a play by edna ferber giant, show boat and george s.
As for memorable calla lily film scenes, theres a pearler in the 1937 comedy stage door, about a boarding house full of aspiring actresses and their dreams and disappointments. With humor and heart, this excellent movie suggests some things matter more. Katharine hepburn, constance collier, eve arden, lucille ball. Stage door presents the audience with a group of more liberated women. A collection of young girls, all broadway hopefuls, share laughs, loves and tears in the. Stage door is a 1937 film about a boardinghouse full of aspiring actresses and their ambitions, dreams and disappointments. Also look for eve arden with the cat around her neck ginger and lucy in stage door 1937 kate hepburn shows up in part 2. Terry randall, rich society beauty, has decided to see if she can break into the broadway theatre scene without her family connections. She begins by living in a boarding house with other starving actresses including ginger rogers eve arden ann miller gail patrick lucille ball constance collier and andrea leeds who received her only academy recognition with a supporting actress oscar. The comedy boasted a stellar castincluding katharine hepburn, ginger rogers, lucille ball, and adolphe menjouand a number of memorable scenes, many of. Adapted from the play of the same name, it tells the story of several wouldbe actresses who live together in a boarding house at 158 west 58th street in new york city. Cast and crew credits for stage door, 1937, directed by gregory lacava, with katharine hepburn, ginger rogers, adolphe menjou, at turner classic movies. However, even though stage door plays into a lot of these tropes, i was shocked at how much this film sympathizes with the plight of the contemporary theatre actress and how well it portrays female camaraderie. But i do find it consistently amusing many of the jokes still work today, briskly paced and uniquely structured.
Looking for a sweethearted queer film that you havent already seen a million times already. Im so, so glad i finally got around to watching stage door the film is a gem and i thoroughly enjoyed it. Stage door is a dramedy from 1937 with an allstar cast including katharine hepburn, ginger rogers, lucille ball, ann miller and eve arden set in a theatrical boardinghouse in new york city called the footlights club, its about a group of wouldbe actresses struggling for their big break. Alongside the women and dance, girl, dance, one of the great sassywomen comedydramas of the 30s. The irony is that kay andrea leeds is acknowledged by all the girls in the boarding house to be the best actress while leeds was clearly the worst actress of the bunch, in fact, the only bad one. Stage door 1937 cinema cats from feline film stars. Everyone living at the club arel trying to make it on the stage or in.
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