George White's 1935 Scandals (1935)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

George White

Writers:

George White (concept by)
Jack Yellen (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

29 March 1935 (USA)

Genre:

Musical | Romance

Tagline:

STARS...BEAUTY...SONGS...ROMANCE! (original print ad - all caps)

Plot:

A vacationing Broadway producer, George White, stops off in a small Georgia town to send a telegram...

Plot Keywords:

New York City | Scandal | Broadway | Georgia | Show Business

Cast

Alice Faye	...	Honey Walters
James Dunn	...	Eddy Taylor
Ned Sparks	...	Elmer White
Lyda Roberti	...	Manya
Cliff Edwards	...	Dude Holloway
Arline Judge	...	Midgie Malone
Eleanor Powell	...	Marilyn Collins
Emma Dunn	...	Aunt Jane Hopkins
George White	...	George White
The Scandals Beauties	...	George White's Scandals Beauties

Also Known As:

George White's Scandals

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #674) | USA:TV-PG (TV rating) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Company:

Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

In the same year that this film was released, there was a "George White's Scandals of 1935" playing on Broadway. That show had nothing in common with this film except the title.

Soundtrack:

According to the Moonlight

The Plot Doesn't Get Too Much In The Way

Famed Broadway producer George White appeared in a second film version of his famous scandals the year after the first one. The original screen George White's Scandals introduced Alice Faye to the screen and Faye is once again featured. White appears as himself again and this time does a little hoofing in a dance contest.

The plot is again a backstage romance story on wish to display various numbers you would have seen on Broadway in the Scandals revue. It involves Alice Faye and James Dunn, a vaudeville team appearing in a small town show that's also in another White show, this one though involving small town producer Elmer White played by that merriest of screen actors, Ned Sparks.

White's passing through town and discovers that the show is really a gold mine of talent. He signs Dunn, Faye, Cliff Edwards, Lyda Roberti and even Sparks himself for his new George White's 1935 Scandals.

Of course both Dunn and Faye let stardom go to their heads a little, but you know it all works out in the end.

Eleanor Powell got her first big break after a couple of bit roles in two previous films. But this didn't lead to a Fox contract, Louis B. Mayer snapped her up right away.

Like the previous film, George White's 1935 Scandals is a nice historic record of a Broadway review. One only wishes Florenz Ziegfeld had lived long enough to create a film version of the Follies himself. But this pales in comparison with what Busby Berkeley was achieving over at Warner Brothers in this decade.

White might have considered hiring Berkeley, but then his personal imprimatur wouldn't have been on the picture. After all he wasn't producing the Busby Berkeley scandals.

Still it's a pleasant enough musical review and the plot doesn't get too much in the way.