"Stage Door," a great feat of the mostly female-film predating "The Women" (1940), and its ambitions did not do so well for the late 1930s box office. Reviews were mixed. Hepburn was given her first positive review after a slew of unpopular roles which would end up considering her as "box office poison" as of 1938. Ginger Rogers wowed the critics with her dramatic portrayal of dancer Jean Maitland over her already famous abilities. The Times called the film "rowdy and aggressive [...] but for all of that it is a film of unusual insight and characterization. The dialogue is brilliant, with typical American point and brevity, but nearly always spiteful and cruel, for these girls are the product of a hard environment."
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| Anne Hathaway as Terry Campbell |
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| Elisabeth Moss as Jean Maitland |
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| Christoph Waltz as Anthony Powell |
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| Abbie Cornish as Linda Shaw |
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| Barbara Parkins as Anne Luther |
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| Daniela Vega as Kay Hamilton |
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