Stage Mother
Her life was all CAREER and no CARESSES
1933 | 85m | English
Popularity: 0.4 (history)
| Director: | Charles Brabin |
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| Writer: | Bradford Ropes, John Meehan |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 29, 1933 |
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| Director: | Charles Brabin |
| Writer: | Bradford Ropes, John Meehan |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | musical, puritan, pre-code, stage mother |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 28, 2026 Entered: Apr 21, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Alice Brady | Kitty Lorraine |
| Maureen O'Sullivan | Shirley Lorraine |
| Franchot Tone | Warren Foster |
| Phillips Holmes | Lord Reggie Aylesworth |
| Ted Healy | Ralph Martin |
| Russell Hardie | Fred Lorraine |
| C. Henry Gordon | Ricco |
| Ben Alexander | Francis Nolan |
| Larry Fine | Customer at Music Store |
| Dick Elliott | Party Guest |
| Alan Edwards | Al Dexter |
| Lowden Adams | Dexter's Butler (uncredited) |
| Luis Alberni | Hors D'Oeuvres Waiter (uncredited) |
| Sam Ash | Mr. Mark Thorne (uncredited) |
| Hank Bell | Mustached Man With Badge |
| Margaret Bert | Nurse (uncredited) |
| Nora Cecil | Miss Gilford, Kitty's Music Store Boss (uncredited) |
| Elspeth Dudgeon | Music Store Customer (uncredited) |
| Jay Eaton | Mr. Sterling, Dance Instructor (uncredited) |
| Bill Elliott | Audience Member / Dexter's Party Guest (uncredited) |
| John Elliott | Politician (uncredited) |
| Bud Geary | Orderly (uncredited) |
| Ruth Gillette | Blonde (uncredited) |
| June Gittelson | Laughing Fat Woman (uncredited) |
| Harrison Greene | Stage Manager (uncredited) |
| Lillian Harmer | Fred's Mother (uncredited) |
| Aggie Herring | The Landlady (uncredited) |
| Harry Holman | Mr. Rumley (uncredited) |
| Mary Ann Jackson | Auditioning Child Dancer (uncredited) |
| Gladden James | Audience Member (uncredited) |
| Tiny Jones | Dancing Girls's Mother (uncredited) |
| Lew Kelly | Jake, Stagehand (uncredited) |
| Alice Lake | Audience Member (uncredited) |
| John Larkin | The Porter (uncredited) |
| Buddy Messinger | Fellow in Third Row (uncredited) |
| Greta Meyer | Dancing Girl's Mother (uncredited) |
| Bert Moorhouse | Navy Officer (uncredited) |
| Edmund Mortimer | Shipboard Extra / Audience Extra (uncredited) |
| Frank O'Connor | Man at Gangplank (uncredited) |
| Garry Owen | Jerry, Stagehand (uncredited) |
| Bradley Page | Tom Banton (uncredited) |
| Tom Ricketts | Fred's Father (uncredited) |
| Henry Roquemore | Messenger (uncredited) |
| Phillips Smalley | Music Store Manager (uncredited) |
| Larry Steers | Dexter's Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Carl Stockdale | Stagehand (uncredited) |
| Carl Switzer | 'Irish Eyes' Singer (uncredited) |
| Guy Usher | Theater Owner (uncredited) |
| Monte Vandergrift | Stage Lighting Man (uncredited) |
| Glen Walters | Dancing Girl's Tall Mother (uncredited) |
| Leo White | Percy, Audition Manager (uncredited) |
| Beal Wong | Stage Extra (uncredited) |
| Tammany Young | Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
| Billy O'Brien | Student |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Bradford Ropes | Screenplay, Novel |
| Frank E. Hull | Editor |
| Stan Rogers | Art Direction |
| Joe Newman | Assistant Director |
| Louis Silvers | Original Music Composer, Conductor |
| Maurice De Packh | Original Music Composer |
| Charles Brabin | Director |
| Adrian | Costume Design |
| Douglas Shearer | Sound Director |
| George J. Folsey | Director of Photography |
| Edwin B. Willis | Interior Designer |
| John Meehan | Writer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Hunt Stromberg | Executive Producer |
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| 2025 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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