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Stage Door
Stage Door theatrical poster
Directed by
Gregory La Cava
Screenplay by
Morrie Ryskind Anthony Veiller
Based on
Stage Door (play) by Edna Ferber George S. Kaufman
Produced by
Pandro S. Berman
Starring
Katharine Hepburn Ginger Rogers Adolphe Menjou
Cinematography
Robert De Grasse
Edited by
William Hamilton
Music by
Roy Webb
Production company
RKO Radio Pictures
Distributed by
RKO Radio Pictures (US) Radio Pictures Ltd. (UK)
Release dates
October 8, 1937 (1937-10-08) (US)
December 31, 1937 (1937-12-31) (UK[1])
Running time
92 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$952,000[2]
Box office
$1,762,000[2]
Stage Door is a 1937 American drama film directed by Gregory La Cava. Adapted from the 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. The film stars Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, Gail Patrick, Constance Collier, Andrea Leeds, Samuel S. Hinds and Lucille Ball. It was produced and distributed by RKO Pictures. 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".
^The Times digital archive: First advertisement for the film on December 31, 1937 (showing at the Regal), followed by review on January 3, 1938.
^ abJewel, Richard (1994). "RKO Film Grosses, 1931-1951: the C. J. Telvin ledger". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 14 (1): 56. doi:10.1080/01439689400260031.
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