1930s Savage Roasting: Ginger Rogers vs Gail Patrick STAGE DOOR (1937)

In STAGE DOOR (1937) direced by Geroge Cukor, aspiring actresses Jean Maitland (Ginger Rogers) and Linda Shaw (Gail Patrick) trade the most wicked insults with each other. Based on the Play STAGE DOOR written by Edna Ferber and George Kaufman, the screenplay by Morrie Ryskind and Anthony Veiller is wicked, smart, heartbreaking and hilarious and full 1930s savage roasting. Stage Door costars: Katherine Hepburn, Ann Miller, Lucille Ball, Adolphe Menjou, Andrea Leeds and Eve Arden.