A naive young dancer in a Broadway show innocently gets involved in backstage bootlegging and murder.
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Roy Lane
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| Evelyn Brent | ... |
Pearl
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| Merna Kennedy | ... |
Billie Moore
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| Thomas E. Jackson | ... |
Dan McCorn
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| Robert Ellis | ... |
Steve Crandall
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| Paul Porcasi | ... |
Nick Verdis
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| Leslie Fenton | ... |
Jim 'Scar' Edwards
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| Otis Harlan | ... |
Andrew 'Porky' Thompson
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| Arthur Housman | ... |
Dolph
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| Betty Francisco | ... |
Mazie
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Edythe Flynn | ... |
Ruby
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Florence Dudley | ... |
Ann
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Ruby McCoy | ... |
Grace
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Marion Lord | ... |
Lil Rice
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| George Davis | ... |
Joe the Waiter
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Gus Arnheim | ... |
Orchestra Leader
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Mary Bertrand | ... |
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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| Edgar Dearing | ... |
Crandall Mug at Party (uncredited)
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| Fritz Feld | ... |
Mose Levett (uncredited)
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| Rita Flynn | ... |
Chorine (uncredited)
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| John Kelly | ... |
Crandall Mug at Party (uncredited)
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| Rosina Lawrence | ... |
Chorine (uncredited)
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Billy Layman | ... |
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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| Helen Mann | ... |
Chorus girl (uncredited)
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| George Ovey | ... |
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Pál Fejös | ... | (as Paul Fejos) |
Written by
| Philip Dunning | ... | (play) (as Phillip Dunning) & |
| George Abbott | ... | (play) |
| Edward T. Lowe Jr. | ... | (adaptation) & |
| Charles Furthman | ... | (adaptation) |
| Edward T. Lowe Jr. | ... | (dialogue arrangement) |
| George Abbott | ... | (script) |
| Tom Reed | ... | (titles) |
Produced by
| Carl Laemmle Jr. | ... | producer |
Music by
| Howard Jackson | ||
Cinematography by
| Hal Mohr | ||
Editing by
| Robert Carlisle | ||
| Edward L. Cahn | ... | (uncredited) |
Editorial Department
| Maurice Pivar | ... | supervising film editor |
Art Direction by
| Charles D. Hall | ||
| Thomas F. O'Neill | ||
Costume Design by
| Johanna Mathieson | ||
Makeup Department
| Dotha Hippe | ... | hair stylist (uncredited) |
| Lillian Lashin | ... | assistant makeup artist (uncredited) |
| Jack P. Pierce | ... | makeup artist (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| William J. Reiter | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
| C. Roy Hunter | ... | recording supervisor |
| Harold I. Smith | ... | sound system monitor (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
| Frank H. Booth | ... | special effects |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Pete Mole | ... | lighting engineer: Mole-Richardson |
| Stanley Cortez | ... | assistant camera (uncredited) |
| Frank Graves | ... | chief electrician (uncredited) |
Music Department
| Con Conrad | ... | songs by |
| Archie Gottler | ... | songs by |
| Howard Jackson | ... | music synchronization |
| Sidney D. Mitchell | ... | songs by (as Sidney Mitchell) |
Additional Crew
| Jed Harris | ... | producer: stage play |
| Maurice L. Kusell | ... | choreographer: dancing arrangement |
| Carl Laemmle | ... | presenter |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Universal Pictures (1929) (United States) (theatrical) (as Universal Pictures Corporation)
- Canadian Universal Film Company (1929) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Universal Pictures (1929) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Universal Film Manufacturing Company (1930) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Universal Pictures Corporation of Far East (1930) (Philippines) (theatrical)
- Deutsche Universal-Film (1929) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Universal Film (1929) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Universal Films of Norway Akfieselskap (1930) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Société Anonyme Universal-Film (1930) (France) (theatrical)
- Société Anonyme Universal-Film (1930) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- The Criterion Collection (2012) (United States) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association of America (acknowledgement)
- Western Electric (recording equipment)
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| Taglines | Carl Laemmle's stupendous talking and singing picture. See more » |
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Box Office
| Budget | $1,000,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | Produced as an all-talkie, it has inventive camera work that contrasts considerably against other, mostly static, musicals of the 1928-30 period. Director Pál Fejös developed a special crane capable of moving the extremely cumbersome camera at 600' per minute. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in The Universal Story (1996). See more » |
| Soundtracks | BROADWAY See more » |