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Director:
Edward Sloman
Writers:
John W. Considine Jr. (story)
James Gleason (dialogue)
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Release Date:
1 March 1930 (USA) more
Genre:
Musical more
Plot:
A vaudeville and nightclub performer becomes successful and forgets who his friends really are. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Fantastic Effort, Bizarre Results more (2 total)

Cast

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Harry Richman ... Harry Raymond
Joan Bennett ... Dolores Fenton
James Gleason ... James 'Jimmy' Tierney
Aileen Pringle ... Mrs. Teddy Von Rennsler
Lilyan Tashman ... Goldie Devere
Purnell Pratt ... George Barnes
Richard Tucker ... Fenway Brooks
Eddie Kane ... Bob Wagner

George Irving ... Dr. Blair
Sidney Franklin ... Schmidt
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
88 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White | Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (MovieTone)
Company:
Joseph M. Schenck Productions more

Fun Stuff

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Color sequence exists only in black and white. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat (1974) more
Soundtrack:
Singing a Vagabond Song more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Fantastic Effort, Bizarre Results, 3 June 2001
Author: Nathan Rabalais (glockenspiel@earthlink.net)

Since _Movie Mirror_ did a fine job of outlining the movie, I won't go into the plot too much. But there are some odd bits I'd like to comment on:

Everything seems to happen quickly in this movie, with the characters' lives changing every few scenes. Harry and Dolores get engaged to each other almost immediately. Harry instantly becomes a star, and wastes no time in starting up his own restaurant/club. Then, before you know it, he goes blind from some bad whisky. Ahh, to be amongst the beautiful people...

The stage sets in the bigger production numbers are beautiful, especially during the title song, where the backdrop of bobbing buildings is quite surreal. Just imagine what it would have been like, to be in the audience at that moment.

Overall, it's fairly easy to tell that this is an early talkie movie. The actress playing Dolores occasionally looks like she's acting in silent pictures. The shallow plot is strung out by a bad case of "excessive musical number-itis". And Harry's voice becomes increasingly difficult to tolerate/take seriously. But it's a good time, and an interesting point in the history of cinema.

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