Stage Door (1937)
Directed by Gregory La Cava
A spirited heiress wishing to break into theatre on her own merit arrives at a boardinghouse where aspiring young actresses and showgirls are brought together through their cynicism and disappointments.
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“La La Land” then follows Mia from her job at a café on a studio lot to her auditions and the apartment that she shares with three other aspiring actresses (Cue reference to the 1937 classic film, “Stage Door”).
The ensemble is so delightful, it recalls the 1930s heyday of Hollywood women's pictures, when the contributions of actresses were genuinely prized and such movies as "The Women" and "Stage Door" crowded their casts with Ginger Rogers, Eve Arden, Katharine Hepburn and other remarkable female performers.