Downstairs (1932)

Directed by

Monta Bell

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 17m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A charming chauffeur takes a job in a wealthy household. He manipulates and seduces the women who work there, and blackmails the lady of the house.

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What happens

Downstairs is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film. 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. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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