“Give Me Real People”: Stage Door (1937) and the Gregory La Cava Method for Collier’s, March 26, 1938

The "La Cava Method" of improvisation and the alteration of dialogue to fit the actor's real personality became of particular interest following My Man Godfrey (1936), but there seemed to be a definite change in interested in the director's particular idiosyncrasies following the release of Stage Door (1937). It is possibly due to the popularity… Continue reading “Give Me Real People”: Stage Door (1937) and the Gregory La Cava Method for Collier’s, March 26, 1938