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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.
Downstairs: Directed by Monta Bell. With John Gilbert, Paul Lukas, Virginia Bruce, Hedda Hopper. An amoral chauffeur seeks to seduce a young bride.
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- Drama, Romance
- Monta Bell
- 1932-11-11
Downstairs, your local adult animated sitcom, features a nutty and diverse cast of talented individuals lending their voices to a bunch of coffeeshop characters that might remind you of people you know. The series by Robot Playground Ervin Han debuted on MEwatch in 2019 and Netflix in 2021.
An evil chauffeur seduces and blackmails his way through high society.
- Monta Bell, Harry Sharrock
- John Gilbert
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 movie (1932) review summary: In his final notable starring role, silent era icon John Gilbert shows he could be a first-rate “talkie” actor, while the Monta Bell-directed movie itself is evidence that they don’t make risqué social dramas like they used to.
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.
