Stage Mother

1h 25m

Drama Romance

5

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.

Cast

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

Crew

Edwin B. Willis

Interior Designer

Charles Brabin

Director

John Meehan

Writer

Bradford Ropes

Screenplay, Novel

Frank E. Hull

Editor

George J. Folsey

Director of Photography

Joe Newman

Assistant Director

Hunt Stromberg

Executive Producer

Adrian

Costume Design

Douglas Shearer

Sound Director

Maurice De Packh

Original Music Composer

Louis Silvers

Original Music Composer, Conductor

Stan Rogers

Art Direction