Employees' Entrance (1933)
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65% of users liked it
(67 ratings)
Warren William plays a high-powered ambitious executive who unflinchingly steamrolled his way to the top without regard for the havoc he left in his wake. As the manager of a Macy-like department store, he constantly browbeats his flunkies into submission, and ends-up driving at least one to… More Warren William plays a high-powered ambitious executive who unflinchingly steamrolled his way to the top without regard for the havoc he left in his wake. As the manager of a Macy-like department store, he constantly browbeats his flunkies into submission, and ends-up driving at least one to suicide. Loretta Young plays the wife of one of William's minor employees (Wallace Ford), with whom the Big Boss has a brief affair during an office party. Eventually William gets his comeuppance, and Loretta is vindicated in the eyes of her hubby. A terrific example of pre-Motion Picture Production Code raciness, Employees' Entrance still causes audiences to gasp at its audaciousness when seen today--and also invokes loud laughter when William rebukes one of his errant vice presidents, asking him "What am I paying you so much for? Fifteen thousand a year!" ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Roy Del Ruth
- Written By
- David Boehm, Robert Presnell Sr.
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
PG,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1933 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Michael W. Phillips, Jr., Goatdog's Movies
Literally has everything that makes [the pre-Code era] so magical.
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Cast
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Warren William
as Kurt Anderson
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Loretta Young
as Madeline West
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Wallace Ford
as Martin West
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Alice White
as Polly
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Albert Gran
as Ross
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Allen Jenkins
as Sweeney
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Marjorie Gateson
as Mrs. Hickox
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Hale Hamilton
as Monroe
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Ruth Donnelly
as Miss Hall
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Zita Moulton
as Marion
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Frank Reicher
as Gar-finkle
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Berton Churchill
as Bradford
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Charles Sellon
as Higgins
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Helen Mann
as Josie
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Harry C. Bradley
as Meek
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Rev. Neal Dodd
as Minister
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Sam Godfrey
as The Man
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Muriel Gordon
as Girl
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Frank McGlynn Sr.
as The Editor
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Edward McWade
as An Employee
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Henry Stockbridge
as Meek
