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Downstairs is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film. It stars John Gilbert as a charming but self-serving chauffeur who wreaks havoc on his new employer's household, romancing and fleecing the women on the staff, and blackmailing the employer's wife. Gilbert had written the story in 1928 for a proposed silent film that was never produced.
Downstairs: Directed by Monta Bell. With John Gilbert, Paul Lukas, Virginia Bruce, Hedda Hopper. An amoral chauffeur seeks to seduce a young bride.
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- Drama, Romance
- Monta Bell
- 1932-11-11
An evil chauffeur seduces and blackmails his way through high society.
- Monta Bell, Harry Sharrock
- John Gilbert
With Gordon Jackson, David Langton, Jean Marsh, Angela Baddeley. The lives and fortunes of the Bellamy family and their below-stairs servant staff at 165 Eaton Place play out against the social, political and historical backdrop of Edwardian London from 1903 to 1930.
- (3.6K)
- 1974-01-06
- Drama
- 60
Up the Down Staircase is a 1967 American drama film directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Oscar winners Sandy Dennis and Eileen Heckart, along with Patrick Bedford and Jean Stapleton. The plot concerns the first, trying assignment for a young, idealistic teacher.
Downstairs movie (1932) review summary: In his final notable starring role, silent era icon John Gilbert shows he could be a first-rate “talkie” actor, while the Monta Bell-directed movie itself is evidence that they don’t make risqué social dramas like they used to.
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The servants seem to enjoy their time together, and some even fall in love, as head butler Albert and maid Anna have done. But when lecherous new chauffeur Karl Schneider enters the house, affairs and blackmail follow, and the harmony of the home is slowly destroyed. Cast. Crew.
