Employees' Entrance

Employees' Entrance (1933)

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Kurt Anderson is the tyrannical manager of a New York department store in financial straits. He thinks nothing of firing an employee of more than 20 years or of toying with the affections of every woman he meets. One such victim is Madeline, a beautiful young woman in need of a job. Anderson hires her as a salesgirl, but not before the two spend the night together. Madeline is ashamed, especially after she falls for Martin West, a rising young star at the store. Her biggest fear is that Martin finds out the truth about her "career move."

Date of release
1933-02-11
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (30)
Runtime
1h 15m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Roy Del Ruth

Casting

Interesting facts

Employees' Entrance is a 1933 pre-Code film about the devious manager of a New York department store and his romantic involvement with a reluctant new employee. It was directed by Roy Del Ruth. In 2019, the film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Production

Warren William was not originally cast in the lead role; he replaced Hale Hamilton, who ended up playing a smaller part. Edward G. Robinson had also been offered the lead. The film took 23 days for principal photography. Although Alice White had been a major star for Warner Bros. Pictures at the time that silent films were giving way to sound pictures, by the time of Employees' Entrance her star had faded when the flapper craze abated.

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