SOURCE: A review of Stage Door, in The Commonweal, Vol. XXV, No. 2, November 6, 1936, p. 51.

In the following review of Stage Door, the critic applauds all aspects of the production, but notes that the characters are "mere types."

Stage Door, though it is not George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber at their best, is an amusing, well acted and skilfully staged little comedy. It has to do with the rivalry between stage and screen, and the brave fight made by Terry Randall to become a legitimate actress. Terry sees her pretty but brainless roommate become a successful Hollywood star, and her chance comes only at the end, when her roommate has failed in rehearsals for a Broadway play, and Terry gets the opportunity to take her place. But it is not the story that counts in Stage Door; it is the local color of the Footlights Club for girls...