Glorifying the American Girl Movie

Glorifying the American Girl
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Run Time: 96 min
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Released: 1930
Directors: Millard Webb
John W. Harkrider
Genre/Type: Musical
Musical Comedy
Producers: Monta Bell
Plot Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Broadway impresario Florenz Ziegfeld brought his legendary "Follies" to the silver screen in Glorifying the American Girl. The barely visible plotline concerns a virginal young miss (Mary Eaton) who aspires to greatness as a Follies girl. With stars in her eyes, she heads to New York, leaving her hometown boyfriend to fend for himself. Upon arriving in the Big Apple, our heroine links up with a two-bit dancer who offers to make her a star -- if only she'll let him make her, period. The greater part of the film is given over to a re-creation of a "typical" Follies production, replete with musical solos by Rudy Vallee and Helen Morgan and a sidesplitting comedy sketch with Eddie Cantor and Louis Sorin as a pair of kvetching Jewish tailors ("Vat's der idea uff calling me a damn fool in front uff der customers?" "So, it's a secret?"). From time to time, the camera cuts away to the many celebrities enjoying the show, including journalist Ring Lardner, nightclub doyenne Texas Guinan, New York mayor Jimmy Walker, Paramount Pictures head man Adolph Zukor, and Flo Ziegfeld himself, accompanied by his then-wife, Billie Burke. And yes, that's Johnny Weissmuller on-stage as a provocatively undraped "Nature Boy." As a bonus, the musical score was the handiwork of Irving Berlin. Originally filmed in Technicolor, Glorifying the American Girl is presently available only in black-and-white.

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Mary Eaton Gloria Hughes Jan 29, 1901 in Norfolk, VA
Edward Crandall Buddy
Helen Morgan Herself, performing in revue Aug 2, 1900 in Danville, IL
Sarah Edwards Mrs. Hughes
Irving Berlin May 11, 1888 in Tumen, the Russian Empire
Ring Lardner, Jr. Aug 19, 1915 in Chicago, IL
Dan Healy Miller
Eddie Cantor Himself, performing in revue Jan 31, 1892 in New York City, NY
Noah Beery, Sr. Himself, arriving at theater Jan 17, 1884 in Kansas City, MO
Johnny Weissmuller Adonis ("Loveland") Jun 2, 1904 in Freidorf, Austria-Hungary (now Romania)
Billie Burke Herself Aug 7, 1884 in Washington, D.C.
Florenz Ziegfeld
Adolph Zukor Himself, arriving at theater Jan 7, 1873 in Ricse, Hungary
Texas Guinan Herself, arriving at theater Jan 12, 1884 in Waco, TX
Rudy Vallee Himself, performing in revue Jul 28, 1901 in Island Pond, VT

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