George White's 1935 Scandals (1935)

Director:

George White
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Writers:

George White (concept by)
Jack Yellen (screenplay) ...
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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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tony Abdanor	...	Turk (uncredited)
Von Adair	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Norman Ainsley	...	Englishman (uncredited)
Robin Ainsley	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Marvelle Andre	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Loretta Andrews	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Doris Baker	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Kenny Baker	...	Soloist (uncredited)
Ralph Banks	...	Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Lynn Bari	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Bobbie Beal	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Charles Blair	...	Soloist (uncredited)
Jimmy Blair	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Bill Brande	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Esther Brodelet	...	Lady in Waiting (uncredited)
Donald Brown	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Sam Brown	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Adele Burian	...	Soloist (uncredited)
Julie Cabanne	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Josephine Campbell	...	Soloist (uncredited)
Evelyn Carpenter	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Jill Carroll	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Virginia Carroll	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Paul Castle	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Dan Crimmins	...	Audience Extra (uncredited)
Bob Crosby	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Virginia Cruzon	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Diane Dahl	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Patsy Daly	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Doris Davenport	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Wyn Davis	...	Soloist (uncredited)
Lialani Deas	...	Hawaiian Girl (uncredited)
Jack DeShan	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Chico De Verdi	...	Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Florine Dickson	...	One of Do's Four Girls (uncredited)
Patricia Dobbs	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Emma Dodson	...	Hawaiian Girl (uncredited)
Sally Dolling	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Eleanor Drury	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Jack Duffy	...	Bearded Man (uncredited)
Harry Dunkinson	...	Postman (uncredited)
Bobby Dunn	...	Cross-Eyed Man (uncredited)
Madelyn Earle	...	Boop's Sister (uncredited)
Lois Eckert	...	Mme. DuBarry (uncredited)
Frank Edmunds	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Susan Fleming	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Eddie Foster	...	Man at Train Station (uncredited)
Otto Fries	...	Soloist (uncredited)
Martin Garralaga	...	Spaniard (uncredited)
Dee Gohlke	...	Sister Act (uncredited)
Mae Gohlke	...	Sister Act (uncredited)
James Gonzalez	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Harrison Greene	...	Postman (uncredited)
La Gretta	...	Swedish Girl - Old Southern Custom (uncredited)
Ben Hall	...	Audience Extra (uncredited)
Margaret Harding	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Beth Hartman	...	Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Ruth Hart	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Edith Haskins	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Carol Hughes	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Kay Hughes	...	One of Do's Four Girls (uncredited)
Roger Imhof	...	Officer Riley (uncredited)
Sunny Ingraham	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Jack Irwin	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Thomas E. Jackson	...	Mac - Stage Manager (uncredited)
Alice Jans	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Si Jenks	...	Pop Eye (uncredited)
Walter Johnson	...	Larry Daniels (uncredited)
Edna Mae Jones	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Donald Kerr	...	Grady - Dance Instructor (uncredited)
Boyd King	...	Dancer (uncredited)
George King	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Fuzzy Knight	...	Sam Fogel (uncredited)
Nicholas Kobliansky	...	Russian (uncredited)
Donna La Barr	...	Chorine (uncredited)
June Land	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Charles Lauder	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Perk Lazelle	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Carol Lee	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Eddie Lee	...	Chinese Man (uncredited)
Patsy Lee	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Teddie Lura	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Laurie Lynne	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Lya Lys	...	French Girl - Old Southern Custom (uncredited)
Mike Macey	...	Hungarian (uncredited)
Ruth Marion	...	Mrs. Dude Holloway (uncredited)
Thelma Marland	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Allen Mathews	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Scotty Mattraw	...	Fat Man (uncredited)
Sam McDaniel	...	Train Porter (uncredited)
Helen McDonald	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Betty McMahon	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Paul McVey	...	Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
Iris Meredith	...	Miss Smith - Secretary (uncredited)
Toshia Mori	...	Japanese Girl - Old Southern Custom (uncredited)
Mildred Morris	...	One of Do's Four Girls (uncredited)
Inez Mortensen	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Jack Mulhall	...	Theatre Ticket Seller (uncredited)
Rudolf Myzet	...	Bulgarian (uncredited)
Anne Nagel	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Maxine Nash	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Lucille Nicholson	...	Dance Team (uncredited)
Ned Norton	...	Man with Daniels (uncredited)
James Notaro	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Marion O'Connell	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Wanda Perry	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Byron Poindexter	...	Dance Team (uncredited)
Jed Prouty	...	Al Lee (uncredited)
Jack Raymond	...	Jew (uncredited)
Enrico Ricardi	...	Jury Foreman (uncredited)
Charles Richman	...	Charlie Harriman (uncredited)
Tom Ricketts	...	Old Man (uncredited)
Helen Romaine	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Betty Rome	...	Soloist (uncredited)
Ronald R. Rondell	...	Nightclub Guest (uncredited)
Beverly Royde	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Benny Rubin	...	Louis Pincus (uncredited)
Dorothy Sander	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Fred Santley	...	Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Tamara Shayne	...	Russian Girl - Old Southern Custom (uncredited)
Rosemary Smith	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Ed Stanbridge	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Larry Steers	...	Audience Extra (uncredited)
Bud Sterling	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Mary Stewart	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Betty Jane Teagarden	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Rose Terrell	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Eileen Thomas	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Tom Thompson	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Maidel Turner	...	Audience Extra (uncredited)
Vera Van	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Blanca Vischer	...	Spanish Girl - Old Southern Custom (uncredited)
Lucile Walker	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Fred Wallace	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Clarissa Woods	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Ercell Woods	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Aloha Wray	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Marbeth Wright	...	Jean / One of Do's Four Girls (uncredited)
Dan Wyler	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Jane Wyman	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Ernesto Zambrano	...	Spaniard (uncredited)

Directed by
George White
Harry Lachman		(uncredited)
James Tinling		(uncredited)

Writing credits
George White		(concept by)
Jack Yellen		(screenplay) and
Patterson McNutt		(screenplay)
David Freedman		story (uncredited)
Sam Hellman		contributing to treatment (uncredited)
Sam Hellman		story (uncredited)
Gladys Lehman		contributing to treatment (uncredited)
Damon Runyon		contributing writer (uncredited)

Produced by
George White	....	producer
Winfield R. Sheehan	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Hugo Friedhofer		(uncredited)

Cinematography by
George Schneiderman		(photographed by)

Film Editing by
Robert Bischoff		(uncredited)

Art Direction by
Gordon Wiles

Costume Design by
Charles Le Maire

Makeup Department
Charlie Dudley	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Percy Ikerd	....	unit manager (uncredited)
Robert Webb	....	assistant unit manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Booth McCracken	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Earl McKee	....	props (uncredited)
Al Orenbach	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Arthur von Kirbach	....	sound (as A.L. Von Kirbach)
Roy Martin	....	cable person (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Ben Crilchty	....	grip (uncredited)
Eddie Fitzgerald	....	camera operator (uncredited)
I. Goodon	....	camera operator (uncredited)
James Gordon	....	second camera operator (uncredited)
Paul Lockwood	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Tom Ouellette	....	gaffer (uncredited)
L. Schindin	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Anthony Ugrin	....	still photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Charles Le Maire	....	costumes

Music Department
Louis De Francesco	....	musical director
Louis De Francesco	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)

Other crew
William Fox	....	presenter
George White	....	dance ensembles
Jack Donohue	....	dance director (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• Fox Film Corporation (1935) (USA) (theatrical)

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:

First major film role for Eleanor Powell , after having appeared in bit parts in a couple of other films.

Soundtrack:

O Sole Mio

All About the Music plus Alice Faye

This buoyant Fox extravaganza turns out to be a fascinating backstage recreation of a Broadway revue and the process of putting on a lavish show, enriched by some tuneful and highly uproarious numbers.

It involves a big-time Broadway producer named George White who lures a beautiful young aspiring actress (Alice Faye) to star his next show, "George White's 1935 Scandals". It opens with White and his crew just completing their successful "1934 Scandals", and then he travels along with his gal to a music hall show, owned by Elmer White (Ned Sparks who provides the film's funnies gags), where Faye's Honey Walters is performing along with her sweetheart Eddy Taylor (James Dunn). White persuades Honey that she has what it takes to star his next big revue; she agrees and suddenly they all find themselves singing and dancing on Broadway.

This was one of Alice Faye's earliest roles and she really looks like a Jean Harlow-ish platinum blonde; her singing was fun and very enjoyable. We also see some fine tap dancing by Eleanor Powell in her movie debut!

The best numbers are "According to the Moonlight", "It's an Old Southern Custom", "The Hunkadola", and "Side by Side".