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Coming Out Party

  • 19341934
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 20m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
35
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Frances Dee and Gene Raymond in Coming Out Party (1934)
Drama
It's Joy Stanhope's, a Park Avenue debutante, coming-out party. It's the event of the winter and everyone is there, including the most eligible bachelor, Jimmy Wolverton. Chris Hanson, Joy's... Read allIt's Joy Stanhope's, a Park Avenue debutante, coming-out party. It's the event of the winter and everyone is there, including the most eligible bachelor, Jimmy Wolverton. Chris Hanson, Joy's secret romance isn't. Joy knows her parents wouldn't approve of Chris being starving viol... Read allIt's Joy Stanhope's, a Park Avenue debutante, coming-out party. It's the event of the winter and everyone is there, including the most eligible bachelor, Jimmy Wolverton. Chris Hanson, Joy's secret romance isn't. Joy knows her parents wouldn't approve of Chris being starving violinst and a son of poor immigrants. Chris being understanding allows Joy to pretend to date... Read all
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
35
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POPULARITY
204,812
18,560
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    • Director
      • John G. Blystone
    • Writers
      • Becky Gardiner(story)
      • Gladys Unger(story)
      • Jesse Lasky Jr.(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Frances Dee
      • Gene Raymond
      • Alison Skipworth
    Top credits
    • Director
      • John G. Blystone
    • Writers
      • Becky Gardiner(story)
      • Gladys Unger(story)
      • Jesse Lasky Jr.(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Frances Dee
      • Gene Raymond
      • Alison Skipworth
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    • 2User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Frances Dee in Coming Out Party (1934)
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    Frances Dee
    Frances Dee
    • Joyce 'Joy' Stanhope
    Gene Raymond
    Gene Raymond
    • Chris Hansen
    Alison Skipworth
    Alison Skipworth
    • Miss Gertrude Vanderdoe
    Nigel Bruce
    Nigel Bruce
    • Troon
    Harry Green
    Harry Green
    • Harry Gold
    Gilbert Emery
    Gilbert Emery
    • Herbert Emerson Stanhope
    Marjorie Gateson
    Marjorie Gateson
    • Mrs. Ada Stanhope
    Phillip Trent
    Phillip Trent
    • Jimmy Wolverton
    • (as Clifford Jones)
    Jessie Ralph
    Jessie Ralph
    • Nora
    Germaine De Neel
    Germaine De Neel
    • Louise
    Paul Porcasi
    Paul Porcasi
    • Manager
    Jean De Briac
    Jean De Briac
    • Frenchman
    John Arledge
    John Arledge
    • Party Crasher
    • (uncredited)
    William Augustin
    William Augustin
    • O'Hara, Irish Detective
    • (uncredited)
    Consuelo Baker
    • Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Lynn Bari
    Lynn Bari
    • Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Finis Barton
    Finis Barton
    • Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Arthur Belasco
    • Briggs, Captain of Detectives
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • John G. Blystone
    • Writers
      • Becky Gardiner(story)
      • Gladys Unger(story) (screenplay)
      • Jesse Lasky Jr.(screenplay)
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    • Quotes

      Harry Gold: You've been getting into trouble, at your age, Mrs. Vanderdoe?

      Miss Gertrude Vanderdoe: I do not get into trouble; I merely experience annoyances.

    • Connections
      Referenced in Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008)
    • Soundtracks
      I Think You're Wonderful
      Music by Burton Lane

      Lyrics by Harold Adamson

    User reviews2

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    5/10
    The uselessness of the rich wastrel
    It's not a film version of Phillip Barry's play, HOLIDAY. That's obvious from the beginning and it suffers from a lack of sympathy for the subject of its opprobrium. The drunk looks a little like Lew Ayres, but he drinks not because he is a poet, and not because he is not a poet. He drinks because he can barely conceive of anything else.

    But that's the basic idea, really. A producer said "Give me something like HOLIDAY" and this is what they came up with. Frances Dee does as much as she can, but she can't carry this movie by herself, and neither the script nor the actors seem capable of much more -- no, that's not true. Nigel Bruce, as a Scotch butler, is wonderful, and totally unlike any of his other roles. Alison Skipworth is, as usual, hilarious as Mrs. Vanderdoe, the society arbiter and adviser -- for a commission. And Harry Green, an actor I have seen in only one other movie, is excellent. But this movie, although it's clear that in another year, the genre would morph into the screwball comedy with its class warfare of the sexes, is a dull, disapproving drama.
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    • Dec 18, 2006

    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 9, 1934 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Hennes första bal
    • Production company
      • Fox Film Corporation
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 20 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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