Downstairs(Movie, 1932)

Name: Downstairs
Genre: Drama
Released: 1932
Duration: T01:17:00
Rating: 3.5

1h 17min | Genre: Drama

Rating: 3.5/5 (with 5 votes)

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. Producer Irving Thalberg revived the project in 1932 as a special Gilbert production. The actor was so jubilant about the opportunity that he sold his original story to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for only one dollar. ()

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About Downstairs

In the Austrian manor of Baron and Baroness von Burgen, the relationship between the upstairs aristocracy and the downstairs staff is quite positive. 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.

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Downstairs (1932) - John Gilbert(Clip, 2:35)

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Plays in: Vienna

Made by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 4 languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES), Japanese (JA), Portuguese (PT)

Status: Released

Release date GB: 08/06/1932

Cast: Paul Lukas, Virginia Bruce, John Gilbert, Hedda Hopper, Reginald Owen, Olga Baclanova

Director: Monta Bell

Producer: Monta Bell

Screenwriter: Lenore J. Coffee

Film Editor: Conrad A. Nervig

Director of Photography: Harold Rosson

Keywords: scoundrel, wine cellar, ladys maid, chauffeur, swindler, grape stomping, cad, indiscretion, pre-code, baroness, wedding, butler, insolence, blackmail

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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Downstairs(Movie, 1932)

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