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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.
An evil chauffeur seduces and blackmails his way through high society.
- Monta Bell, Harry Sharrock
- John Gilbert
Apr 12, 2015 · Voted one of the top five short films at ScreamFest 2014 by besthorrormovies.com. WINNER of Best short film at Dark Scream UK, Nominated for Best actor and Best director at the Dark Scream UK ...
- 18 min
- 1.2M
- The Boxleitner Brothers
Synopsis. HE WAS A BACHELOR ON A PERPETUAL HONEYMOON! In the Austrian manor of Baron and Baroness von Burgen, the relationship between the upstairs aristocracy and the downstairs staff is quite positive.
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- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Monta Bell
In this adult animated series, a group of close-knit stall owners on the ground floor of a public housing building embarks on zany adventures. Watch trailers & learn more.
- Ervin Han
- August 8, 2021
- 2
Downstairs is a film directed by Monta Bell with John Gilbert, Paul Lukas, Virginia Bruce, Hedda Hopper .... Year: 1932. Original title: Downstairs. Synopsis: All seems joyful in the house of the Baron and Baroness von Burgen (Reginald Owen and Olga Baclanova).
Oct 9, 2012 · Downstairs reminds me a lot of Gosford Park, Robert Altman’s film from earlier this century about a murder mystery set in a divided English manor. Both movies take more interest in the servants than the bumbling barons and baronesses, and both contain a kernel of resentful sadness about the world all of these characters are most ...
