Stage Mother (1933 film)

Stage Mother
1933 Lobby Card
Directed byCharles Brabin
Screenplay byJohn Meehan
Bradford Ropes
Based onStage Mother (1933 novel)
by Bradford Ropes
Produced byHunt Stromberg
StarringAlice Brady
Maureen O'Sullivan
CinematographyGeorge J. Folsey
Edited byFrank E. Hull
Music byArthur Freed
Nacio Herb Brown
Fred Fisher
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Loew's
Release date
  • September 29, 1933 (1933-09-29)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Stage Mother is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Charles Brabin and starring Alice Brady and Maureen O'Sullivan. The film is about a frustrated vaudeville performer who pushes her daughter into becoming a star dancer; selfishness, deceit and blackmail drive mother and daughter apart until a reconciliation at the end of the film. The screenplay was written by John Meehan and Bradford Ropes, based on the 1933 novel of the same name by Ropes.