8.1
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Stage Door (1937)
Stage Door (1937)
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Low
Viewer Rating
8.1
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film's focus on the economic precarity faced by aspiring actresses, coupled with its emphasis on female solidarity and a subtle critique of industry exploitation, aligns its dominant themes with progressive values, leading to a left-leaning rating.
The film features a traditional cast, consistent with its era, without intentional diversity-driven casting choices. Its narrative primarily focuses on the experiences of women in the acting industry, without explicitly critiquing or negatively framing traditional identities.
Secondary
The film "Stage Door" does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on the lives and struggles of aspiring actresses in a boarding house, primarily exploring their professional ambitions, friendships, and heterosexual romantic relationships.
The film "Stage Door" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on the lives and careers of aspiring actresses in a New York City boarding house during the 1930s, with no elements related to transgender identity present in the story.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "Stage Door" (1937) is an adaptation of a 1936 play. All major and supporting characters in the film retain the same gender as established in the original source material, with no instances of a character canonically established as one gender being portrayed as another.
The 1937 film "Stage Door" is an adaptation of a 1936 play. There is no evidence that any character, canonically established as one race in the source material, was portrayed as a different race in the film. The casting aligns with the implied racial identities of the characters in the original play.
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User Ratings
7.7
7.0
Critic Ratings
9.6
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