Double Door

A domineering money-bags' suppressed incestuous urges go into overdrive when her half-brother brings a new bride home to the family’s gloomy Fifth Avenue mansion. The title refers to a secret soundproofed chamber that the villainess uses to entrap her enemies.

Cast

Evelyn Venable

as Anne Darrow

Mary Morris

as Victoria Van Brett

Anne Revere

as Caroline Van Brett

Kent Taylor

as Rip Van Brett

Guy Standing

as Mortimer Neff

Colin Tapley

as Dr. John Lucas

Virginia Howell

as Avery

Halliwell Hobbes

as Mr. Chase

Frank Dawson

as Telson

Helen Shipman

as Louise

Reviews

dennyjt

“The play that made Broadway Gasp!” This is a gripping melodrama, anchored by a fearsome performance by Morris as a controlling, maniacal mother to Taylor, determined to sabotage his marriage to winsome Venable. It was to be her only film appearance, although she had a fruitful stage career. Her sim...

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