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Glorifying the American Girl is a 1929 American Pre-Code, musical comedy film produced by Florenz Ziegfeld that highlights Ziegfeld Follies performers. The last third of the film, which was filmed in early Technicolor, is basically a Follies production, with appearances by Rudy Vallee, Helen Morgan, and Eddie Cantor.

Glorifying the American Girl
Directed byJohn W. Harkrider
Millard Webb
Written byJ.P. McEvoy (story)
Millard Webb
Produced byFlorenz Ziegfeld
StarringMary Eaton
Dan Healy
CinematographyGeorge J. Folsey (Technicolor)
Music byIrving Berlin
Walter Donaldson
Rudolf Friml
James E. Hanley
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • December 7, 1929 (1929-12-07)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
The full film

Rex Beach was paid $35,000 for the original story.[1][2]

The script for the film was written by J.P. McEvoy and Millard Webb and directed by John W. Harkrider and Millard Webb. The songs were written by Irving Berlin, Walter Donaldson, Rudolf Friml, James E. Hanley, Larry Spier and Dave Stamper. The film is in the public domain, and many prints exhibited on television are in black-and-white only, and do not include pre-Code material, such as nudity.[citation needed]


Plot


The plot involves a young woman (Mary Eaton) who wants to be in the Follies, but in the meantime is making ends meet by working at a department store's sheet music department, where she sings the latest hits. She is accompanied on piano by her childhood boyfriend (Edward Crandall), who is in love with her, despite her single-minded interest in her career. When a vaudeville performer (Dan Healy) asks her to join him as his new partner, she sees it as an opportunity to make her dream come true. Upon arriving in New York City, our heroine finds out that her new partner is only interested in sleeping with her and makes this a condition of making her a star. Soon, however, she is discovered by a representative of Ziegfeld.


Cast


Johnny Weissmuller with an unidentified actress
Johnny Weissmuller with an unidentified actress

Cameo appearances



Production



Preservation


Poster for the film.
Poster for the film.

The black-and-white prints currently shown on television, with a cut-down running time of 87 minutes, were made in the 1950s and have a number of sequences cut due to their Pre-Code content, i.e. nudity, etc. The film was restored, to the length of 96 minutes, with the original Technicolor sequences, by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.[3]


Miscellany



Soundtrack


The film begins with a medley of hits from Ziegfeld productions, including "Tulip Time", "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody", "Sally, Won't You Come Back?", and "No Foolin'." The band at the picnic plays "Bye Bye Blackbird" and "Side by Side."

Music by Rudolf Friml and James F. Hanley
Lyrics by Gene Buck and Irving Caesar
Sung by Mary Eaton
Music by Harry Akst
Lyrics by Benny Davis
Sung by Mary Eaton
Music by Larry Spier, J. Fred Coots, and Lou Davis
Sung by Mary Eaton and played on the piano several times by Edward Crandall
Performed by Dan Healy and Kaye Renard
Music by Irving Berlin
Played by a band while the acrobats are performing
Music by Walter Donaldson
Danced to by Dan Healy and Mary Eaton at the picnic and later onstage
Music by Jimmy McHugh
Danced to by Dan Healy and Mary Eaton
Music by Rudy Vallée and Leon Zimmerman
Performed by Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees
Music by Jay Gorney
Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
Performed by Helen Morgan
Music by Walter Donaldson
Performed by Mary Eaton and chorus in the finale. Played by pianist while Eaton dances en pointe. Played during opening credits.

See also



References


  1. Beach, Rex (1940). Personal Exposures. New York: Harper & Brothers. p. 205.
  2. H.J. (January 7, 1950). "Miner and Novelist". The Age. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
  3. Feature films preserved by UCLA (1977-2012)





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