This Vitaphone short from Warner Brothers' Brooklyn studio -- even though we see a stock shot of the Hollywood stages -- leads off with Gower & Jeanne. They're a ballroom dancing act and Gower is better remembered as Gower Champion, dancer, choreographer and director of movies and stage shows. It's nice to see him early in his career, before he teamed up with wife Marge, doing the same sort of precise work that he would later. Some singing and clowning acts follow.
The short is structured as studio boss Jack Arthur looking at some screen tests. Publicity man Eddie Foy Jr. shows up and the extreme Art Moderne look of the title cards and sets is very pleasant.
The short is structured as studio boss Jack Arthur looking at some screen tests. Publicity man Eddie Foy Jr. shows up and the extreme Art Moderne look of the title cards and sets is very pleasant.