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Director:
Writers:
Sidney Lanfield (story)
Edwin J. Burke (dialogue)
Release Date:
13 February 1930 (USA) more
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Tagline:
100 ENTERTAINERS!!! (original poster - all caps) more
Plot:
Margie, singer on a showboat, decides to try her luck in New York inspite of being in love with the owners grandson... more | add synopsis
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Fox's contribution to the 1929-30 all-star musical revue cycle! more (5 total)

Cast

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Charles E. Evans ... Colonel Billy Batcher
Marjorie White ... Margie
Richard Keene ... Dick
Stuart Erwin ... Jig
Martha Lee Sparks ... Nancy Lee
Clifford Dempsey ... Sheriff Benton
James J. Corbett ... Interlocutor - Minstrel Show
George MacFarlane ... Interlocutor - Minstrel Show

Janet Gaynor ... Herself
Charles Farrell ... Himself
Victor McLaglen ... Minstrel Show Performer
El Brendel ... Minstrel Show Performer
William Collier Sr. ... End Man - Minstrel Show
Tom Patricola ... Minstrel Show Performer

George Jessel ... Minstrel Show Performer
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Runtime:
80 min
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Color:
Black and White (Grandeur)
Aspect Ratio:
1.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (MovieTone)
Certification:
USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

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The second film released in 70mm widescreen (The Big Trail (1930) was the first). more
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Zampa Overture more

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4 out of 6 people found the following review useful.
Fox's contribution to the 1929-30 all-star musical revue cycle!, 22 June 2005
6/10
Author: Geoff Lambert (g6lambert@aol.com) from United Kingdom

Pleasant enough early musical from 1930. Catchy but unfamiliar songs and well staged musical numbers. As is usual with these revues, many of the studio's contract players appear, mostly playing themselves. However, their two top stars, Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell, have a number of their own. There is a storyline of sorts but this is only at the beginning, and, from about a third of the way through, the film is "All Dancing, All Singing and All Pretty Dreadful Jokes!!". There is no cast list but stars like Warner Baxter and Will Rogers are easily recognisable. Best part of the film is the closing number in which most stars and most of the film's songs are seen and heard again. Best performance is by Marjorie White - although she has about the only acting part in it. No Technicolour sequences but I believe the film was originally shot in some wide screen process. If you like early musicals, this one is, for the most part, fair. But see it if you can as it has it's moments.

Correction. A cast list does appear just before the start of the musical numbers. I obviously missed this during the first viewing!

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