Bright Lights (1930)Director:Michael Curtiz |
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Cast
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| Dorothy Mackaill | ... |
Louanne
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Frank Fay | ... |
Wally Dean
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Noah Beery | ... |
Miguel Parada
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Daphne Pollard | ... |
Mame Avery
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Connie Lamont
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Tom Dugan | ... |
Tom Avery
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| Inez Courtney | ... |
Peggy North
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Frank McHugh | ... |
Fish - a Reporter
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Edmund Breese | ... |
Harris
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Edward J. Nugent | ... |
'Windy' Jones
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Philip Strange | ... |
Fairchild
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Storyline
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What a Cast and Story - Crammed With Drama -- Songs -- Girls -- Hatred. And How Dorothy Does That Hula-Hula -- Oh Boy!Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
21 September 1930 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Adventures in Africa See more »Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Apparatus)Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Written by Ned Washington, Ray Perkins & Herb Magidson
Sung by Dorothy Mackaill in a flashback in South Africa
Reprised by her in the current show
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While no Technicolor prints have survived of the complete film, a 2-to-3 minute color clip was recently recovered--a dressing room scene involving Mackaill, Fay, and McHugh. See more »Soundtracks
"Song of the Congo"Written by Ned Washington, Ray Perkins & Herb Magidson
Sung by Dorothy Mackaill in a flashback in South Africa
Reprised by her in the current show
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It is a shame that no Technicolor print of this Vitaphone musical has survived, because the aesthetic oddities of the 2-color process would be a match for this preposterous Broadway story. Star Louanne (Mackaill) plans to marry a rich dud, but deep down pal Wally (Fay). Sadly, Wally is a jerk. There is a flashback to an African local (like Disney's Tarzan, sans Africans), and some silly backstage gunplay. Frank McHugh is swell as a drunk reporter. Mackaill is appealing in the production numbers, but as lost as everyone else with the poor script. Guilty fun for fans of early musicals, though.