The March of Time (1930)

Stars:

William Collier Jr., William Collier Sr., Clyde Cook

Cast

Credited cast:
William Collier Jr.	...	Himself
William Collier Sr.	...	Himself, Old Timer Sequence
Clyde Cook	...	Himself
Bing Crosby	...	Himself
Karl Dane	...	Himself
Beth Dodge	...	Herself - Lock Step Number (as The Dodge Twins)
Betty Dodge	...	Herself - Lock Step Number (as The Dodge Twins)
Marie Dressler	...	Herself, Old Timer Sequence
Rosetta Duncan	...	Herself (as The Duncan Sisters)
Vivian Duncan	...	Herself (as The Duncan Sisters)
Jimmy Durante	...	Himself
Cliff Edwards	...	Himself
Barney Fagan	...	Himself, Old Timer Sequence
Lew Fields	...	Himself (as Weber and Fields)
Trixie Friganza	...	Herself, Old Timer Sequence

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

unfinished film | two strip technicolor | lost technicolor scene

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Also Known As:

It's Got to Be Good

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.20 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Musical excerpts from this uncompleted film were later used in Broadway to Hollywood (1933), Nertsery Rhymes (1933) and Roast-Beef and Movies (1934). The 2-strip Technicolor Prison Number featuring The Dodge Sisters doing The Lock Step was featured in That's Entertainment! III (1994).

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Connections

Referenced in The Waltons: The Bicycle (1973)

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Soundtracks

"Here Comes The Sun"
words by Arthur Freed
music by Harry Woods

User Reviews

Aborted Film Project - film never completed.

This was another musical film review which was aborted in mid-production and never finished - due to the rising unpopularity of musicals which had glutted the early talkie movie industry. Only the sound Vitaphone reel of Bing Crosby's number survives. The film's materials are thought to be lost.