(95 mins.) Released 1929-12-07
Director: Millard Webb
Stars: Mary Eaton, Eddie Cantor, Helen Morgan, Rudy Vallee
comedy, drama, musical
originally posted 23 Oct 2017 16:57
Back to '29; public domain copy [CM50.2B]. I suppose it's interesting to see a Ziegfeld production while they were still on stage, and the credits read "under the personal supervision of [FZ]". I rather expected to see Erte's name in the credits too. Reminds me of the Laguna Pageant of the Masters, but the tableaus were not originally paintings. There are also singers (R.Vallee), comedians (E.Cantor & cie tailor skit) and dancing. Since this print is all B/W, the best thing about it is the Helen Morgan singing What Wouldn't I Do For That Man, which you can find on YouTube (from this film).
Some color footage:
More was made of the "star" losing the man who waited for her than the hardship of having to share 50% of her earnings to her cast-aside "partner".
Paramount, dir. Webb; 6-
