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At the dawn of the talkies, Paramount Pictures poured its resources into a lavish movie intended to plant their flag in the American musical, even as it was evolving. Mary Eaton stars as an aspiring showgirl who must choose between her on-stage career and the love of a young musician (Edward Crandall). Having licensed the name of Broadway’s most extravagant showman, producer Monta Bell recruited costume designer John W. Harkrider to stage elaborate musical tableaux worthy of the Ziegfeld name, and filmed them in Technicolor. The filmmakers further stacked the deck by inserting musical and comedy numbers featuring the biggest names of the Great White Way: Eddie Cantor, Rudy Vallee, and Helen Morgan (who performs her timeless torch song “What Wouldn’t I Do for That Man?”)
Original Release
12/07/1929
US Release
12/07/1929
Cast
Name | Character |
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Mary Eaton | Gloria Hughes |
Eddie Cantor | Eddie Cantor - Appearance in Revue Scenes / Self |
Helen Morgan | Helen Morgan - Appearance in Revue Scenes / Self |
Rudy Vallee | Rudy Vallee - Appearance in Revue Scenes / Self |
Dan Healy | 'Miller' / "Miller" |
Kaye Renard | 'Mooney' / "Mooney" |
Edward Crandall | Buddy |
Gloria Shea | Barbara |
Sarah Edwards | Mrs. Hughes |
Singing and Dancing Chorus of Seventy-Five Glorified Beauties | Chorus Members |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Mary Eaton | Gloria Hughes |
Eddie Cantor | Eddie Cantor - Appearance in Revue Scenes / Self |
Helen Morgan | Helen Morgan - Appearance in Revue Scenes / Self |
Rudy Vallee | Rudy Vallee - Appearance in Revue Scenes / Self |
Dan Healy | 'Miller' / "Miller" |
Kaye Renard | 'Mooney' / "Mooney" |
Edward Crandall | Buddy |
Gloria Shea | Barbara |
Sarah Edwards | Mrs. Hughes |
Singing and Dancing Chorus of Seventy-Five Glorified Beauties | Chorus Members |
Noah Beery | Noah Beery |
Irving Berlin | Irving Berlin |
Norman Brokenshire | Norman Brookshire - Radio Announcer |
Billie Burke | Billie Burke |
Desha Delteil | Dancer in Bubble Dance Sequence |
Charles B. Dillingham | Charles Dillingham |
Texas Guinan | Texas Guinan |
Otto Kahn | Otto Kahn |
Nancy Kelly | Child |
Ring Lardner | Ring Lardner |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Monta Bell | Producer |