When a multimillionaire with a disdain for Broadway decides his fortune can only be inherited by virtuous relatives, he visits his cousins to ensure they fit the bill. Little do they know, their daughter has just been cast in her stage debut! A delightful stage door comedy featuring many of Hollywood’s most talented singers/dancers like Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, and Ruby Keeler. But the real stars of the movie are the eight mesmerizing kaleidoscopic dance numbers shot with a bird’s eye view by legendary choreographer Busby Berkeley, including the iconic “I Only Have Eyes for You” number.
Print preserved by the Library of Congress. Presented in person by George Willeman, Nitrate Vault Leader at the LOC.
George Willeman’s work at the Library of Congress
began in 1983 while still a student at Wright State
University in Dayton, OH. After many years at the
vaults in Dayton, George became the LOC Nitrate
Film Vault Leader at the National Audio-Visual
Conservation Center Packard Campus in Culpeper, VA.
George has worked on the restoration of two silent
era features: RAMONA (1928), which was highlighted at
the San Francisco Silent Film Festival in May 2014,
and THE DUMB GIRL OF PORTICI (1914), the only feature
film to star the famous dancer Anna Pavlova. George
and colleague Lynanne Schweighofer helped reconstruct
more than fifty silent films for Kino Lorber’s
PIONEERS: FIRST WOMEN FILMMAKERS set, which became
one the most highly regarded Blu-ray sets of 2018.
Director Ray Enright, Busby Berkeley
Cast Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler
Country USA
Language English
Aspect 1.37