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Cast
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Harold
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Nita
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Joe Beaton
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Sally O'Neil | ... |
Kitty
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Jimmy
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Louise Fazenda | ... |
Sarah
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Sam Hardy | ... |
Jerry
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Harry Gribbon | ... |
Joe
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Lee Moran | ... |
Pete
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Wheeler Oakman | ... |
Durant
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Fairbanks Twins | ... |
Twins
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Purnell Pratt | ... |
Sam Bloom
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Thomas Jefferson | ... |
Dad
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Ethel
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Otto Hoffman | ... |
Bart
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Add Full Plot | Add SynopsisPlot Keywords:
romantic rejection | backstage | two strip technicolor | romantic subplot | reconciliation |Genres:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
13 July 1929 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Runtime:
| (Turner library print)Sound Mix:
Mono (Vitaphone) (Western Electric Apparatus)Color:
Color (2-strip Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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(uncredited)
Music by Harry Akst
Lyrics by Grant Clarke
Performed by Henry Fink and Chorus
Danced by the Four Covans
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"Welcome Home"(uncredited)
Music by Harry Akst
Lyrics by Grant Clarke
Performed by Henry Fink and Chorus
Danced by the Four Covans
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Early Warner Bros. musical, stagy, slow, and mostly of historical interest. The poor quality film available for viewing doesn't help. It's interesting to see how much the movie musical improved between this movie and, for instance, "42nd Street" (also a Warner Bros production) just a few years later. The dialog portions are very static, presumably due to the requirements of early sound pick up systems. However, the result is to bring the action to a halt. The overacting is almost unintentionally laughable. Betty Compson finally has a decent scene near the end of the movie. Arthur Lake is just plain irritating, and I couldn't even warm up to Joe E. Brown. Some of the singers seems to be recorded live, and others poorly dubbed. By far, the most interesting scenes are Ethel Waters singing "Am I Blue", and the quartet of black tap dancers who are unidentified.