Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Cosmopolitan Productions
Date of Release: September 1, 1932
Running Time: 90 minutes
Director: Edmund Goulding
Screenplay: Frances Marion
Story: Frances Marion
Additional Dialogue: Anita Loos
Cinematography: George Barnes
Film Editing: George Hively
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons
Costume Design: Adrian
Recording Engineer: Douglas Shearer
Original Songs: Arthur Freed, Harry Barris, Ted Fiorito, Jules Lemaire, Harry Link
Walter G. Samuels, David Snell, Harry Tobias, Gus Arnheim, and Nick Kenny
Original Music: William Axt
CAST:
Marion Davies...Blondie McClune
Robert Montgomery...Larry Belmont
Billie Dove...Lottie
Jimmy Durante...Jimmy
James Gleason...Pop McClune
Zasu Pitts...Gertie
Sidney Toler...Pete
Douglass Dumbrille...Murchenson
Sarah Padden...Ma McClune
Louise Carter...Ma Callahan
Clyde Cook...Dancer
Rocky Twins...Themselves
Billy Gilbert...(uncredited)
PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE REVIEW:
A sprightly, well-framed story with brilliant backstage atmosphere, thrills, suspense
and some very tender moments. Marion Davies is charming as the little Eastside girl
who makes a success in the Follies, and Billie Dove has never been more lovely.
The high point comes when Marion and Jimmy Durante do a burlesque of "Grand
Hotel." Bob Montgomery plays the lead.
Synopsis:
Blondie and her friend Lottie join the follies and embark on a life of luxury and
sin. Larry Belmont is the object of both girls affections. The film has it's
moments but doesn't really jell as a whole. Although Jimmy Durante gets fourth
billing here, he's only in one scene. This is the film which features Marion's
imperonation of Greta Garbo.