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Double Door (1934)

Double Door (1934)

Drama Thriller

The Female of the Species is More Deadly Than the Male!

Release Date: 1934, May 4
Directors: Charles Vidor
Countries: United States of America
Production: Paramount Pictures
Cast: Evelyn Venable, Leonard Carey, Colin Tapley, Halliwell Hobbes, Mary Morris, Anne Revere, Kent Taylor, Frank Dawson, Helen Shipman, Virginia Howell, Guy Standing

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

1910s bitterness wedding ceremony secret room held captive heiress oppressive home wicked woman overbearing sister threatened woman trapped in a room sisters relationship pre-code half sister older sister younger brother evil woman spinsters controlling sister manipulative sister secret chamber domineering sister