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Servants' Entrance

  • 19341934
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
49
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Lew Ayres and Janet Gaynor in Servants' Entrance (1934)
  • Comedy
  • Music
  • Romance
The daughter of a rich man going through financial difficulties takes a job as a maid and falls in love with the chauffeur.The daughter of a rich man going through financial difficulties takes a job as a maid and falls in love with the chauffeur.The daughter of a rich man going through financial difficulties takes a job as a maid and falls in love with the chauffeur.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
49
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Frank Lloyd
  • Writers
    • Sigrid Boo(novel "Vi som går kjøkkenveien")
    • Samson Raphaelson(adaptation and screenplay)
    • Reginald Berkeley(contributor to treatment)
  • Stars
    • Janet Gaynor
    • Lew Ayres
    • Ned Sparks
Top credits
  • Director
    • Frank Lloyd
  • Writers
    • Sigrid Boo(novel "Vi som går kjøkkenveien")
    • Samson Raphaelson(adaptation and screenplay)
    • Reginald Berkeley(contributor to treatment)
  • Stars
    • Janet Gaynor
    • Lew Ayres
    • Ned Sparks
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    • 2User reviews
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    Janet Gaynor in Servants' Entrance (1934)
    Lew Ayres and Janet Gaynor in Servants' Entrance (1934)
    Lew Ayres and Janet Gaynor in Servants' Entrance (1934)
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    Lew Ayres, Janet Gaynor, Anne Gibbons, and Buster Phelps in Servants' Entrance (1934)

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    Janet Gaynor
    Janet Gaynor
    • Hedda Nilsson aka Helga Brandas Hedda Nilsson aka Helga Brand
    Lew Ayres
    Lew Ayres
    • Erik Landstromas Erik Landstrom
    Ned Sparks
    Ned Sparks
    • Hjalmar Gnuas Hjalmar Gnu
    Walter Connolly
    Walter Connolly
    • Viktor Nilssonas Viktor Nilsson
    Louise Dresser
    Louise Dresser
    • Mrs. Hansenas Mrs. Hansen
    G.P. Huntley
    • Karl Berghoffas Karl Berghoff
    Astrid Allwyn
    Astrid Allwyn
    • Sigrid Hansenas Sigrid Hansen
    Sig Ruman
    Sig Ruman
    • Hans Hansenas Hans Hansen
    • (as Siegfried Rumann)
    John Qualen
    John Qualen
    • Detectiveas Detective
    Catherine Doucet
    Catherine Doucet
    • Anastasia Gnuas Anastasia Gnu
    Greta Meyer
    Greta Meyer
    • Anna, the Cookas Anna, the Cook
    Dorothy Christy
    Dorothy Christy
    • Mrs. Knut Johnsonas Mrs. Knut Johnson
    Josephine Whittell
    Josephine Whittell
    • Christinaas Christina
    Jerry Stewart
    • Olaf, the Butleras Olaf, the Butler
    Ruth Marion
    • Olga, the Cookas Olga, the Cook
    Harold Minjir
    Harold Minjir
    • Swanson, Nilsson's Secretaryas Swanson, Nilsson's Secretary
    Anne Gibbons
    • Gretchenas Gretchen
    Buster Phelps
    Buster Phelps
    • Tommyas Tommy
    • Director
      • Frank Lloyd
    • Writers
      • Sigrid Boo(novel "Vi som går kjøkkenveien")
      • Samson Raphaelson(adaptation and screenplay)
      • Reginald Berkeley(contributor to treatment) (uncredited)
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    9/10
    Lubitsch Without Lubitsch
    Samson Raphaelson, one of Lubitsch's favorite screenwriters, tackles the script of this comedy of manners, Frank Lloyd directs and Janet Gaynor stars, ably supported by an excellent cast -- and they pull it off.

    First, this is probably Miss Gaynor's most successful venture outside her usual acting vein in the talkies. She's very good at playing hard-working, honest, vulnerable girls. But she starts out with a scene with G.P. Huntley as the two most useless featherbrains in the world that left the tough Museum of Modern Arts audience gasping for breath from laughter, and continues with the plot in place, with the occasional belly laugh that keeps you interested. There are some lovely cameos, including a turn by Ned Sparks that will make you fall out of your chair. Even Lew Ayres, not noted for his comic abilities does a few lovely double takes.

    Director Frank Lloyd is thought, nowadays, to have been another competent studio hack, useful enough for big productions like MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY but not for anything that required nuance. Here is one of the films that makes that claim a lie. This is still a comedy of manners, but we can see the Screwball Comedy evolving here, with its dual class warfare/war of the sexes themes.

    If you have a chance to see this, do not pass it up.
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    • Jul 3, 2006

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    • Release date
      • September 26, 1934 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • La doncella de postín
    • Filming locations
      • Lake Arrowhead, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Fox Film Corporation
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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