Downstairs (film)
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Downstairs is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film.[1][2] 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.
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Directed by | Monta Bell |
Screenplay by | Lenore J. Coffee Melville Baker |
Story by | John Gilbert |
Produced by | Monta Bell |
Starring | John Gilbert Paul Lukas Virginia Bruce |
Cinematography | Harold Rosson |
Edited by | Conrad A. Nervig |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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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.[3]