Open the Door and See All the People
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Jerome Hill
Maybelle Nash
Alec Wilder
Jeremiah Sullivan
Charles Rydell
Chris Schroll
Film Details
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Synopsis
Thelma Fahnstock and Alma Blake are identical 70-year-old twins, but there is no similarity between them. Thelma is wealthy, morose, hypochondriacal, and domineering, while Alma is an easygoing and industrious supermarket cashier who takes care of her invalid husband, Dan, and opens her home to all those in need. Their respective households come into constant conflict. Thelma, who lives in a dreary mansion, is trying to force her granddaughter, Mimosa, into the image of the girl's late mother, a famous actress. To this end, Thelma keeps Mimosa a virtual prisoner in a tower room. Meanwhile, Mimosa's obese brother, Raoul, proudly erects a bomb shelter in the front yard. Alma is finally successful in causing Mimosa to run off with Jerry, a footloose young man who dances for the girl on a scaffold near her window. Mimosa's liberation is accomplished by a swami. In addition, Alma arranges a romance between her tenant Andrew, a dog fancier, and Amaryllis, a refugee who works in a Gypsy palm-reading parlor. Alma also settles a feud between the owners of rival Chinese restaurants before settling back to await the arrival of new houseguests and adventures.
Director
Jerome Hill
Cast
Maybelle Nash
Alec Wilder
Jeremiah Sullivan
Charles Rydell
Chris Schroll
Johanna Hill
Paul Chu
Melvina Boykin
Ellen Martin
Lester Judson
Louise Rush
Harry Rigby
Tony Ballen
Day Tuttle
Douglas Ho
Chao Li Chi
John Holland
Susana De Mello
Gwen Davies
Gene Fallon
Astride Lance
Sheilah Chang
Taylor Mead
Billy Leavitt
Crew
Samuel Baron
Robert C. Fine
Peter Garbarini
Jerome Hill
Jerome Hill
Stanley Kasper
Francesca Kennedy
William Kennedy
Julia Knowlton
Tony La Marca
Belle Lacobellis
Otto Lang
Sascha Laurance
Frank Leonetti
Muky
Peter Norman
Gayne Rescher
William Stevenson
David C. Stone
Henry A. Sundquist
Alec Wilder
Film Details
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Notes
Filmed in 1962 on location in Greenwich, Connecticut; working title: Peacock Feathers. Original commercial release in 35mm by Noel Productions and Barney Pitkin Associates; released in 16mm by Film-Makers' Cooperative; subsequently released in 35mm by Film-Makers' Distribution Center.
Miscellaneous Notes
Shown at Vancouver Film Festival December 5, 1963.
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