Girls' Dormitory (1936)

Director:

Irving Cummings

Writers:

Ladislas Fodor (story)
Gene Markey (writer)

Release Date:

8 August 1936 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

When a busybody teacher in a girls' finishing school finds a love letter from a student to an unknown man, a minor scandal erupts.

Plot Keywords:

Finishing School | Busybody | Love Letter | Teacher | Headmaster

Cast

Herbert Marshall	...	Dr. Stephen Dominick
Ruth Chatterton	...	Professor Anna Mathe
Simone Simon	...	Marie Claudel
Constance Collier	...	Professor Augusta Wimmer
J. Edward Bromberg	...	Dr. Spindler
Dixie Dunbar	...	Luisa
John Qualen	...	Toni
Shirley Deane	...	Fritzi
Tyrone Power	...	Count Vallais (as Tyrone Power Jr.)
Frank Reicher	...	Dr. Hoffenreich
George Hassell	...	Dr. Wilfinger
Lynne Berkeley	...	Dora
June Storey	...	Greta
Christian Rub	...	Forester
Rita Gould	...	Professor Emma Kern
Lillian West	...	Professor Josephine Penz
Symona Boniface	...	Professor Clotilde Federa
Angela Salloker	...	Princess Dagmar
Baby Peggy	...	Student (as Peggy Montgomery)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rudolf Anders	...	Minor Supporting Role (uncredited)
Lynn Bari	...	Student (uncredited)
Mary Blackwood	...	Student (uncredited)
Esther Brodelet	...	Student (uncredited)
Julie Cabanne	...	Student (uncredited)
Irving Cummings	...	Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Dorothy Dearing	...	Student (uncredited)
Madelyn Earle	...	Student (uncredited)
Philippa Hilber	...	Student (uncredited)
Lillian Porter	...	Student (uncredited)
Marion Weldon	...	Student (uncredited)

Directed by
Irving Cummings

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ladislas Fodor		story
Gene Markey		writer

Produced by
Raymond Griffith	....	producer

Original Music by
David Buttolph		(uncredited)
Arthur Lange		(uncredited)
Charles Maxwell		(uncredited)

Cinematography by
Merritt B. Gerstad

Film Editing by
Jack Murray

Art Direction by
Hans Peters

Set Decoration by
Thomas Little

Costume Design by
Gwen Wakeling

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sam Benson	....	wardrobe supervisor (uncredited)

Music Department
Arthur Lange	....	musical director

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1936) (USA) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Panasonic Disc Manufacturing  transfer

Runtime:

66 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

This is Tyrone Power's first substantial role. He is billed as Tyrone Power Jr., to distinguish him from his illustrious father.

Quotes:

Toni: Every morning you come in here and tidy up his room.
Professor Anna Mathe: Well, it needs a woman's touch.
Toni: Yes, but who gets the credit for it? Me! He thinks I bring him spring flowers. Flowers, huh! I wonder what kind of man he thinks I am!

Dated sudser

Herbert Marshall does his best with a foolish character and a melodramatic script. Simone is electric on the screen but the chemistry between she and Ruth Chatterton is far more compelling than between Marshall and either one of his leading ladies. I LOVED this movie when I was young, but cannot remember why. Seeing it now just makes me feel very, very old because the mores and standards promulgated are just so outdated.