SOUND FEATURES: SERVANTS’ ENTRANCE (1934)
CREDITS
Released: September 26, 1934
Production Company: Fox Film Corporation
Featured Cast: Janet Gaynor, Lew Ayres, Ned Sparks, Walter Connolly, Louise Dresser, G.P. Huntley, Astrid Allwyn, Sig Ruman, John Qualen, Catherine Doucet, Greta Meyer, Dorothy Christy, Josephine Whittell, Jerry Stewart, Ruth Marion, Harold Minjir, Anne Gibbons, Buster Phelps, The Four Forks, Gladys Blake, Billy Bletcher, Frank Carpenter, Edward Cecil, Pinto Colvig, Frank Dawson, Ann Doran, Harry Dunkinson, Madeline Green, Austin Grout, Helen Jamison, Sydney Jarvis, Robert Love, John Marston, Beatrice Newport, George Ovey, Paul Parry, Betty Rome, Henry Schnetz, Jean Schock, Paul Taylor, Maidel Turner, Lee Typens, Lucille Ward, Allan Watson, Clarence Wilson
Director: Frank Lloyd
Producer: Winfield R. Sheehan
Cinematographer: Hal Mohr
Editor: Margaret Clancey
Animation Director: Cartoon Sequence: Walt Disney
Costume Designer: René Hubert
Music Director: Frank Churchill
Composer: Arthur Lange
Unit Manager: Bernard McEveety
Assistant Director: Booth McCracken
Presenter: William Fox
Writers: Sigrid Boo (novel “Vi som går kjøkkenveien”), Samson Raphaelson (adaptation and screenplay), Reginald Berkeley, James Gleason
STORY
Hedda Nilsson (Janet Gaynor), daughter of a Swedish financier (Walter Connolly), is to be married to Karl Berghoff (G. P. Huntley Jr.) until she finds out that her father has lost all of his money. The two young people decide to save up by working for three months, Hedda as a maid and Karl as a butler. As a maid, Hedda meets Eric Landstrom (Lew Ayres), a chauffeur. The two unexpectedly fall in love, but Janet must stay true to Karl. (FLF)
NY TIMES, September 27, 1934: “An agreeable romantic comedy which should—and unquestionably will—find high favor with those who visit the cinema primarily in search of entertainment.” —Frank S. Nugent
MODERN SCREEN, October, 1934: “The Gaynor picture you’ve waited for…The cast, star and director seemed in the spirit of this light and charming comedy and conspired to give us a picture that will please the whole family.” —Walter Ramsey.
TECH
Runtime 1 hr 28 min (88 min)
Sound Mix Mono
Color Black and White
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
Film Length 2,469.8 m (10 reels)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm