Stage Mother

Her life was all CAREER and no CARESSES

Duration: 85 min
Release date: 1933-09-29
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Kitty Lorraine has one purpose in life: turning her daughter Shirley into a star. Kitty controls every aspect of the girl's nascent career -- even blackmailing a stage manager so that Shirley can take a more prestigious gig. But Kitty goes too far when she breaks up her daughter's budding relationship with sweet artist Warren Foster. Heartbroken, Shirley sets off on a series of disastrous but profitable relationships.

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Alice Brady
Alice Brady
as Kitty Lorraine
Maureen O'Sullivan
Maureen O'Sullivan
as Shirley Lorraine
Franchot Tone
Franchot Tone
as Warren Foster
Phillips Holmes
Phillips Holmes
as Lord Reggie Aylesworth
Ted Healy
Ted Healy
as Ralph Martin
Russell Hardie
Russell Hardie
as Fred Lorraine
C. Henry Gordon
C. Henry Gordon
as Ricco
Ben Alexander
Ben Alexander
as Francis Nolan
Larry Fine
Larry Fine
as Customer at Music Store
Dick Elliott
Dick Elliott
as Party Guest
Alan Edwards
Alan Edwards
as Al Dexter
Lowden Adams
Lowden Adams
as Dexter's Butler (uncredited)
Luis Alberni
Luis Alberni
as Hors D'Oeuvres Waiter (uncredited)
Sam Ash
Sam Ash
as Mr. Mark Thorne (uncredited)
Hank Bell
Hank Bell
as Mustached Man With Badge
Margaret Bert
Margaret Bert
as Nurse (uncredited)
Nora Cecil
Nora Cecil
as Miss Gilford, Kitty's Music Store Boss (uncredited)
Elspeth Dudgeon
Elspeth Dudgeon
as Music Store Customer (uncredited)
Jay Eaton
Jay Eaton
as Mr. Sterling, Dance Instructor (uncredited)
Bill Elliott
Bill Elliott
as Audience Member / Dexter's Party Guest (uncredited)
John Elliott
John Elliott
as Politician (uncredited)
Bud Geary
Bud Geary
as Orderly (uncredited)
Ruth Gillette
Ruth Gillette
as Blonde (uncredited)
June Gittelson
June Gittelson
as Laughing Fat Woman (uncredited)
Harrison Greene
Harrison Greene
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
Lillian Harmer
Lillian Harmer
as Fred's Mother (uncredited)
Aggie Herring
Aggie Herring
as The Landlady (uncredited)
Harry Holman
Harry Holman
as Mr. Rumley (uncredited)
Mary Ann Jackson
Mary Ann Jackson
as Auditioning Child Dancer (uncredited)
Gladden James
Gladden James
as Audience Member (uncredited)
Tiny Jones
Tiny Jones
as Dancing Girls's Mother (uncredited)
Lew Kelly
Lew Kelly
as Jake, Stagehand (uncredited)
Alice Lake
Alice Lake
as Audience Member (uncredited)
John Larkin
John Larkin
as The Porter (uncredited)
Buddy Messinger
Buddy Messinger
as Fellow in Third Row (uncredited)
Greta Meyer
Greta Meyer
as Dancing Girl's Mother (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Bert Moorhouse
as Navy Officer (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer
Edmund Mortimer
as Shipboard Extra / Audience Extra (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Frank O'Connor
as Man at Gangplank (uncredited)
Garry Owen
Garry Owen
as Jerry, Stagehand (uncredited)
Bradley Page
Bradley Page
as Tom Banton (uncredited)
Tom Ricketts
Tom Ricketts
as Fred's Father (uncredited)
Henry Roquemore
Henry Roquemore
as Messenger (uncredited)
Phillips Smalley
Phillips Smalley
as Music Store Manager (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Larry Steers
as Dexter's Party Guest (uncredited)
Carl Stockdale
Carl Stockdale
as Stagehand (uncredited)
Carl Switzer
Carl Switzer
as 'Irish Eyes' Singer (uncredited)
Guy Usher
Guy Usher
as Theater Owner (uncredited)
Monte Vandergrift
Monte Vandergrift
as Stage Lighting Man (uncredited)
Glen Walters
Glen Walters
as Dancing Girl's Tall Mother (uncredited)
Leo White
Leo White
as Percy, Audition Manager (uncredited)
Beal Wong
Beal Wong
as Stage Extra (uncredited)
Tammany Young
Tammany Young
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Billy O'Brien
Billy O'Brien
as Student
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