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Double Door

The Female of the Species is More Deadly Than the Male!

6.9(17)19341h 15m1

In 1910 Manhattan, Victoria Van Brett, a bitter spinster heiress lives an isolated life with her sister Caroline. Her domineering urges go into overdrive when their half-brother Rip brings a new bride home to the family’s gloomy Fifth Avenue mansion, built by their late industrialist father. The title refers to a secret soundproofed chamber that the villainess uses to entrap her enemies.

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Released
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Language
English
  • held captive
  • wedding ceremony
  • heiress
  • pre-code
  • bitterness
  • evil woman
  • spinsters
  • half sister
  • 1910s
  • manipulative sister
  • secret chamber
  • wicked woman

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR4 May 1934

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Double Door was released on 4 May 1934.

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    dennyjt

    3/9/2024

    8/10

    “The play that made Broadway Gasp!” This is a gripping melodrama, anchored by a fearsome performance by Morris as a controlling, maniacal mother to Taylor, determined to sabotage his marriage to winsome Venable. It was to be her only film appearance, although she had a fruitful stage career. Her simpering servant is played by Revere, in her debut, as a woman who is the constant victim of her mistress’ cruelty, who su…

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