5pm PST – Stage Door (1937) – Women at a theatrical boarding house try to make their big break happen. Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, Gail Patrick Dir: Gregory LaCava BW-92 mins, TV-G
Because it conflicts with Big Hollywood’s live-blogging of the Academy Awards, under penalty of our disapproval and no small amount of pouting, you’ll have to set the DVR for this classic gem containing more bona fide female stars than you’re likely to see during all nine hours of tomorrow night’s Oscar telecast.
Katherine Hepburn, Lucille Ball, Eve Arden, Ann Miller and Gail Patrick round out one of those dream casts the Golden Age frequently served up, but it’s 25 year-old Ginger Rogers who walks away with the film, stealing it right out from under the rest in one of the best performances of her career.
For good reason, Rogers is best known for the ten glorious musicals she made with Fred Astaire, but here’s a chance to see that the smart, sexy, sassy Rogers would’ve had no problem becoming an immortal all on her own.
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