Stage Mother (1933)

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.

Released Sept. 29, 1933 85 min None+

Genres: Drama, Musical, Romance

Keywords: tmdb.musical, tmdb.puritan, tmdb.pre-code, tmdb.stage-mother, imdb.spiral-staircase, imdb.music-store, imdb.english-nobility + 31 more, imdb.ambition, imdb.dance-teacher, imdb.in-law, imdb.premarital-sex, imdb.talent-agent, imdb.theatre-producer, imdb.appendicitis, imdb.falling-from-height, imdb.based-on-novel, imdb.vaudeville, imdb.male-female-relationship, imdb.comedian, imdb.new-york-city, imdb.salesclerk, imdb.ship, imdb.bribery, imdb.audition, imdb.boston-massachusetts, imdb.dancer, imdb.theater, imdb.showbiz, imdb.letter, imdb.contract, imdb.europe, imdb.hospital, imdb.blackmail, imdb.divorce, imdb.alcoholic, imdb.marriage-proposal, imdb.mother-daughter-relationship, aspectratio.1-37-1