Double Door
The Female of the Species is More Deadly Than the Male!
1934 | 75m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Charles Vidor |
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| Writer: | Gladys Lehman, Jack Cunningham, Elizabeth A. McFadden |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | May 04, 1934 |
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| Director: | Charles Vidor |
| Writer: | Gladys Lehman, Jack Cunningham, Elizabeth A. McFadden |
| Genres: | Drama, Horror, Mystery |
| Keywords | pre-code, matriarch, secret chamber |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Sep 21, 2025 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Evelyn Venable | Anne Darrow |
| Mary Morris | Victoria Van Brett |
| Anne Revere | Caroline Van Brett |
| Kent Taylor | Rip Van Brett |
| Guy Standing | Mortimer Neff |
| Colin Tapley | Dr. John Lucas |
| Virginia Howell | Avery |
| Halliwell Hobbes | Mr. Chase |
| Frank Dawson | Telson |
| Helen Shipman | Louise |
| Leonard Carey | William |
| Burr Caruth | |
| Ralph Remley | |
| Phillips Smalley | |
| May Foster | |
| Rose Plumer |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Gladys Lehman | Screenplay |
| James Smith | Editor |
| Fred Mayer | Camera Operator |
| Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Harry Fischbeck | Director of Photography |
| Jack Cunningham | Screenplay |
| Elizabeth A. McFadden | Writer, Theatre Play |
| Robert Odell | Art Direction |
| Charles Vidor | Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| E. Lloyd Sheldon | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 3 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 2 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 6 | 19 | 2 |
| 2024 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 9 | 311 | 482 |
“The play that made Broadway Gasp!” This is a gripping melodrama, anchored by a fearsome performance by Morris as a controlling, maniacal mother to Taylor, determined to sabotage his marriage to winsome Venable. It was to be her only film appearance, although she had a fruitful stage career. Her sim ... pering servant is played by Revere, in her debut, as a woman who is the constant victim of her mistress’ cruelty, who suffers in silence. The two males, Taylor and doctor Tapley, who offers solace to Venable, are both rather wet but offer her stolid support. The picture builds tension as Morris enacts her plan to cut Venable from her boy’s life until a stunning climax and a ghastly cackle bring it to a close. Mostly set in one room but this does not distract or weaken the strength of the situation and the rivetting Morris dominates it all.