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7.7/10
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A chronicle of the ambitions, dreams, and disappointments of aspiring actresses who all live in the same boarding house.A chronicle of the ambitions, dreams, and disappointments of aspiring actresses who all live in the same boarding house.A chronicle of the ambitions, dreams, and disappointments of aspiring actresses who all live in the same boarding house.
- Nominated for 4 Oscars
- 2 wins & 5 nominations total
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Did you know
- TriviaWhen Katharine Hepburn delivered her climactic stage speech, Gregory La Cava reduced it to only ten lines and filmed it on a closed set. He later brought in the actors and the extras in the audience and had them react to the filmed speech. Many of them broke down.
- GoofsThe band at Club Grotto, where Jean and Annie perform a dance number, includes a female vocalist who can be seen singing in the background, but no vocals are heard on the soundtrack.
- Quotes
Terry Randall: [delivering her opening speech in the play within the movie] The calla lilies are in bloom again. Such a strange flower, suitable to any occasion. I carried them on my wedding day and now I place them here in memory of something that has died.
- Alternate versionsSPOILER: A shot of a man mowing the grass around Kay's grave is missing from some versions.
- ConnectionsEdited into Starring Katharine Hepburn (1981)
- SoundtracksPut Your Heart Into Your Feet and Dance
(uncredited)
Written by Hal Borne and Mort Greene
Danced by Ginger Rogers and Ann Miller
Featured review
Something very sinister happened to movies between 1937 and the 1950s that made this kind of film impossible to make. It's a terrific example of ensemble acting, with no one taking a back seat to anyone else. Ginger Rogers is absolutely amazing, especially after seeing some of the fluffy stuff she did with Astaire. It's hard to believe this is the same actress.
The dialogue zips along with lighting speed including some great laugh-out-loud one-liners. What a wonderful script! Very much like "Grand Hotel" in its structure and shockingly adult themes.
The relationships between all the women are so complex it's hard to believe it was actually made when it was. It makes men look very bad - at best we're imbeciles, at worst, Svengalis. And it has the same kind of uneasiness and disillusionment with the theater that "Sunset Boulevard" had with the movies. I wish there were more like it.
The dialogue zips along with lighting speed including some great laugh-out-loud one-liners. What a wonderful script! Very much like "Grand Hotel" in its structure and shockingly adult themes.
The relationships between all the women are so complex it's hard to believe it was actually made when it was. It makes men look very bad - at best we're imbeciles, at worst, Svengalis. And it has the same kind of uneasiness and disillusionment with the theater that "Sunset Boulevard" had with the movies. I wish there were more like it.
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Box office
- Budget
- $952,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $8,835
- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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