Bright Lights (1930)

Director:

Michael Curtiz

Writers:

Humphrey Pearson (screen version & dialogue), Henry McCarty (screen version & dialogue)

Stars:

Dorothy Mackaill, Frank Fay, Noah Beery

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Dorothy Mackaill	...	Louanne
Frank Fay	...	Wally Dean
Noah Beery	...	Miguel Parada
Daphne Pollard	...	Mame Avery
James Murray	...	Connie Lamont
Tom Dugan	...	Tom Avery
Inez Courtney	...	Peggy North
Frank McHugh	...	Fish - a Reporter
Edmund Breese	...	Harris
Edward J. Nugent	...	'Windy' Jones (as Eddie Nugent)
Philip Strange	...	Fairchild

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

reporter | smuggling | carnival | dancer | south africa | 

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Taglines:

What a Cast and Story - Crammed With Drama -- Songs -- Girls -- Hatred. And How Dorothy Does That Hula-Hula -- Oh Boy!

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Genres:

Musical | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 September 1930 (USA)

Also Known As:

Adventures in Africa

Company Credits

Production Co:

First National Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

69 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Apparatus)

Color:

Black and White (TV prints) Color (2-strip Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In a separately filmed trailer, Vitaphone Production reel #3959, Dorothy Mackaill talks to the audience about the picture.

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Soundtracks

"In Old New York"
(uncredited)
Excerpts sung in a medley by Frank Fay in the show

User Reviews

Worth a look for Dorothy Mackaill-addicts...

Frantic soaper concerning a musical star on Broadway who is on the verge of leaving show business behind for married life; during her latest stage-extravaganza, police investigate a murder/suicide backstage. Hackneyed early talkie is too ambitious for its own good (and attempts to pack too much plot into 70 minutes of running time). Dorothy Mackaill doesn't fire off many zingers in this one but, as always, she's hypnotically fascinating. Mackaill may have become another Bette Davis had she hit Hollywood just a few years later. Supporting cast and surrounding chaos don't do Dot justice. *1/2 from ****