Double Door (1934)
The Female of the Species is More Deadly Than the Male!
75 min
In 1910 Manhattan, Victoria Van Brett, a bitter spinster heiress lives an isolated life with her sister Caroline. Her domineering urges go into overdrive when their half-brother Rip brings a new bride home to the family’s gloomy Fifth Avenue mansion, built by their late industrialist father. The title refers to a secret soundproofed chamber that the villainess uses to entrap her enemies.
- Release date
- May 4, 1934
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Evelyn Venable as Anne Darrow
- Mary Morris as Victoria Van Brett
- Anne Revere as Caroline Van Brett
- Kent Taylor as Rip Van Brett
- Guy Standing as Mortimer Neff
- Colin Tapley as Dr. John Lucas
- Virginia Howell as Avery
- Halliwell Hobbes as Mr. Chase
- Frank Dawson as Telson
- Helen Shipman as Louise
Crew
- Charles Vidor · Director
- Jack Cunningham · Writer
- Gladys Lehman · Writer
- Elizabeth McFadden · Writer
- E. Lloyd Sheldon · Producer
- Harry Fischbeck · Cinematographer
- James Smith · Editor