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Show Girl is a 1928 American comedy-drama film starring Alice White and Donald Reed. It was based on the first of J. P. McEvoy's two Dixie Dugan novels, as was the 1929 musical. It was followed by a sequel, Show Girl in Hollywood (1930). While the film has no audible dialogue, it is accompanied by a Vitaphone sound-on-disc soundtrack with a musical score and sound effects.

Show Girl
Directed by	Alfred Santell
Screenplay by	James T. O'Donohue George Marion (titles)
Produced by	Richard A. Rowland
Starring	Alice White Donald Reed Lee Moran
Cinematography	Sol Polito
Edited by	LeRoy Stone
Music by	Joseph Meyer Irving Caesar Edward Grossman Ted Ward
Production company	First National Pictures
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	September 23, 1928 (1928-09-23)
Running time	61 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

Dixie Dugan, a Brooklyn cutie, goes to the offices of theatrical producers Eppus and Kibbitzer and exposes her perfections in a bathing suit. Eppus and Kibbitzer express interest in her future and arrange for her to work in a nightclub act with Álvarez Romano. One evening Dixie accompanies wealthy sugardaddy Jack Milton to his apartment, and Álvarez stalks in and wounds Milton with a knife. Jimmy Doyle, a cynical tabloid reporter in love with Dixie, gets the story for his newspaper's front page. Dixie is then kidnaped by Álvarez, but quickly manages to free herself. Jimmy persuades her to hide low as a publicity stunt and puts the "kidnaping" on page one. Dixie is found by Milton, who, by way of apology for ruining her stunt, finances her in a Broadway show written by Jimmy. The show is a success, and Jimmy and Dixie are married.

Cast

• Alice White as Dixie Dugan
• Donald Reed as Alvarez Romano
• Lee Moran as Denny
• Charles Delaney as Jimmy
• Richard Tucker as Milton
• Gwen Lee as Nita Dugan
• James Finlayson as Mr. Dugan
• Kate Price as Mrs. Dugan
• Hugh Roman as Eppus
• Bernard Randall as Kibbitzer

Preservation

The film was considered a lost film, with only the Vitaphone soundtrack still in existence. However, a print was discovered in an Italian film archive in 2015.[1] A restored version, with the original Vitaphone soundtrack synched to the print, screened at New York's Film Forum on October 25, 2016, marking the first time the film was publicly exhibited in 88 years.[2] The screening was introduced by Vitaphone Project founder Ron Hutchinson. The film will be planned released by Warner Home Video.

See also

• List of early Warner Bros. talking features

References

External links

• Show Girl at IMDb

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