Stage Mother | |
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Directed by | Charles Brabin |
Screenplay by | John Meehan Bradford Ropes |
Based on | Stage Mother (1933 novel) by Bradford Ropes |
Produced by | Hunt Stromberg |
Starring | Alice Brady Maureen O'Sullivan |
Cinematography | George J. Folsey |
Edited by | Frank E. Hull |
Music by | Arthur Freed Nacio Herb Brown Fred Fisher |
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Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Loew's |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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.