The Girl Downstairs (film)

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The Girl Downstairs
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Directed by Norman Taurog
Screenplay byHarold Goldman
Felix Jackson
Karl Noti
Based ona short story
by Sándor Hunyady
Produced by Harry Rapf
Starring Franciska Gaal
Franchot Tone
Walter Connolly
Cinematography Clyde De Vinna
Edited by Elmo Veron
Music by William Axt
Production
company
Distributed by Loew's Inc.
Release date
  • 23 December 1938 (1938-12-23)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Girl Downstairs is a 1938 American romantic-comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Franciska Gaal, Franchot Tone and Walter Connolly. It is a remake of the 1936 Austrian film Catherine the Last , directed by Henry Koster, which had been a major hit for Gaal.

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This was Franciska Gaal's third appearance in American films, and her first for MGM. It was her final American film before her return to Hungary in 1940. [1]

Plot

Wealthy playboy Paul Wagner wants to romance Rosalind Brown, but her father does not allow it, so Paul uses a maid to get access to Rosalind, however the maid falls in love with him.

Main cast

References

  1. "AFI|Catalog".