Adolphe Menjou, Andrea Leeds, Ann Miller

This one's all about the ladies. In this absolutely terrific 1937 gem, a Manhattan boardinghouse for aspiring actresses houses an amazing roster of golden-era performers--some of whom, like their char...( read more  read more... )acters, were just breaking in. It's hard to say who's in best form here: Katharine Hepburn in blueblood mode, Ginger Rogers streetwise, Andrea Leeds suffering, Lucille Ball and Ann Miller impossibly young, and Eve Arden being, well, splendidly Eve Ardenish. The sassy comedy and sober life lessons are wonderfully mixed by the underrated director Gregory La Cava (My Man Godfrey), who captures the brashness of '30s female chatter in a much pleasanter way than the more famous The Women. Hepburn's sublime attempts to wrestle with the line about calla lilies being in bloom will make you smile long after the movie's over. --Robert Horton

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Unrated, 92 min.

Directed by: Gregory La Cava

Release Date: October 8, 1937

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DVD Release Date: March 1, 2005

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  • September 15, 2008
    I saw this recently on a channel featuring classics. Amazing to have so many future stars in one movie. The story remains relevant today even though it is a 70 year old movie.
  • September 15, 2008
    i like it better than the women. gotta wonder how kate and ginger got along
  • August 25, 2007
    A film about a boardinghouse for aspiring actresses, their successes and their failures, with early performances by such stars as Katherine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers and Lucille Ball. Some sensitive areas handled with more grace and class than many films of this time period. Worth y...( read more)our time.
  • November 26, 2006
    Ok so the movie is not as good as I am rating it, but I have to give it a good rating because my great aunt was one of the stars of the movie.
  • April 13, 2009
    Nice enough.
  • August 13, 2009
    Could have been better.
  • August 6, 2009
    What a terrific cast! Great classic, superbly written. Ginger Rogers, Eve Arden, Lucille Ball and Katherine Hepburn are great and stand out in the cast. One of the best films about the stage. A must see film. This is the movie with the famous Katherine Hepburn "Calla Lilies" scene.
  • July 19, 2009
    Hepburn is not the only great here, as you'll find out. This is an absolute dream cast.
  • May 15, 2009
    Classic. Movie stars when they were young.
  • January 25, 2009
    Muy muy entretenida y llena de diálogos brillantes. La dirección de Gregory La Cava tiene el mérito de no ser intrusa, aunque las situaciones dramáticas están demasiado apresuradas para ser totalmente efectivas. / Very very entertaining and full of brilliant dialogue. The directi...( read more)on by Gregory La Cava has the merit of being unobtrusive, although the dramatic situations feel too rushed to be totally effective.

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