Double Door (film)
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Country United States | 6.8/10 IMDb Genre Drama, Horror, Mystery Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date May 4, 1934 (1934-05-04) Based on the 1933 play Double Door by Elizabeth A. McFadden Genres Horror, Drama film, Mystery Cast Similar movies Related Charles Vidor movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Double Door is a 1934 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Charles Vidor and written by Jack Cunningham and Gladys Lehman. It is based on the 1933 Broadway play of the same name by Elizabeth A. McFadden.
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The film stars Evelyn Venable, Mary Morris, Anne Revere and Kent Taylor. Morris and Revere reprised their Broadway roles. Though Morris had a long stage career, this is her only film performance.
The film was released on May 4, 1934, by Paramount Pictures.
Plot
A domineering woman, Victoria Van Brett, tries to destroy her brother (Rip)'s marriage to young Anne Darrow.
Cast
Reception
The New York Times review was favorable: "The film version of Miss McFadden's play is a careful and intelligent copy of the original." Morris was praised for her "highly effective performance", while "Evelyn Venable, as the young wife, and Anne Revere, as the sister (the part she played on the stage), are admirable foils for the cruel old witch. They are reinforced effectively by Kent Taylor, Sir Guy Standing and Colin Tapley."
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