Double Door

May. 04,1934      NR
Rating:
6.8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A domineering money-bags' suppressed incestuous urges go into overdrive when her half-brother brings a new bride home to the family’s gloomy Fifth Avenue mansion. The title refers to a secret soundproofed chamber that the villainess uses to entrap her enemies.

Evelyn Venable as  Anne Darrow
Mary Morris as  Victoria Van Brett
Anne Revere as  Caroline Van Brett
Kent Taylor as  Rip Van Brett
Guy Standing as  Mortimer Neff
Colin Tapley as  Dr. John Lucas
Virginia Howell as  Avery
Halliwell Hobbes as  Mr. Chase
Leonard Carey as  William

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Reviews

Perry Kate
1934/05/04

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

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CommentsXp
1934/05/05

Best movie ever!

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Mathilde the Guild
1934/05/06

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

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Curt
1934/05/07

Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.

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