The rise of a showgirl, Gloria Hughes, culminating in a Ziegfeld extravaganza "Glorifying the American Girl".The rise of a showgirl, Gloria Hughes, culminating in a Ziegfeld extravaganza "Glorifying the American Girl".The rise of a showgirl, Gloria Hughes, culminating in a Ziegfeld extravaganza "Glorifying the American Girl".
Gloria Shea
- Barbara
- (as Olive Shea)
Noah Beery
- Noah Beery
- (uncredited)
Irving Berlin
- Irving Berlin
- (uncredited)
Billie Burke
- Billie Burke
- (uncredited)
Desha Delteil
- Dancer in Bubble Dance Sequence
- (uncredited)
Charles B. Dillingham
- Charles Dillingham
- (uncredited)
Texas Guinan
- Texas Guinan
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaFanny Brice, Will Rogers and Marilyn Miller were scheduled to make cameo appearances in this film. But since Brice was appearing in a play by Ziegfeld rival David Belasco, Miller was under contract to Warner Bros. and Rogers under contract to Fox, they did not appear in the film.
- Quotes
Mrs. Hughes: Damn it!
[the first talking movie to use the word Damn uncensored]
- Alternate versionsA black-and-white print currently shown on television (which was cut down to 87 minutes) was made in the 1950s and has a number of sequences cut due to their Pre-Code content (nudity, etc.). The film was restored to the length of 96 minutes, with the original Technicolor sequences, by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Busby Berkeley: Going Through the Roof (1998)
- SoundtracksWhat Wouldn't I Do for That Man?
(1929) (uncredited)
Music by Jay Gorney
Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
Sung by Helen Morgan
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Interesting story, phenominal presentation.
The opening sequence of the picture is quite a sight to see, the way it was edited, the positioning of the sets and actors featured in the opening, and to top it all off, a few short clips from Ziegfeld's best known music from his best known music numbers (including "A Pretty Girl is like a Melody"). The rest is for all of you to see. It is available from Alpha Video and maybe a few public-domain distributors (do not expect to find it on DVD, it is a fairly rare film and I was lucky to get mine). The scenes that were shot in Technicolor are somewhat visible if you squint real, real hard. This is a 75 year old picture we're talking about here, it's amazing how much footage of Technicolor has survived since then, because there is so little of it. I originally purchased this picture to see what it's Technicolor sequences look like. I was very suprised though with how it turned out to be. Whoever did the choreography for this picture was a genius because the dancing is very well done. Adding it to your collection (whether or not you chose to do so) will certainly be worth your money.
- DrezenMedia
- Apr 25, 2004
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- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
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