Sally (1929)
100 mins | Musical | 12 January 1929
Director:
John Francis DillonWriter:
Waldemar YoungCinematographers:
C. Edgar Schoenbaum , Dev JenningsEditor:
LeRoy StoneProduction Designer:
Jack StoneProduction Company:
First National Pictures, Inc.According to a studio production chart in the 10 August 1929 Exhibitors Herald-World, production began on 17 June 1929.
A silent version of the play, also entitled Sally, was produced by First National in 1925. That film was directed by Alfred E. Green and starred Colleen Moore and Lloyd Hughes (See Entry). Although the 1929 film was shot entirely in the two-strip Technicolor process, the only color portion retained in existing prints is the "Wild Rose" number.
Sally was the first of three films made between 1929--1931 by theatrical musical-comedy star Marilyn Miller (1898--1936), whose appearance in the Broadway production of the play marked one of her greatest successes. Miller was closely identified with the song "Look for the Silver Lining," which became the title of the highly fictionalized 1949 Warner Bros. film about her life. That film was directed by David Butler and starring June Haver as Miller. For additional information about Miller's life, please consult the entry above for Look for the Silver Lining. ...
According to a studio production chart in the 10 August 1929 Exhibitors Herald-World, production began on 17 June 1929.
A silent version of the play, also entitled Sally, was produced by First National in 1925. That film was directed by Alfred E. Green and starred Colleen Moore and Lloyd Hughes (See Entry). Although the 1929 film was shot entirely in the two-strip Technicolor process, the only color portion retained in existing prints is the "Wild Rose" number.
Sally was the first of three films made between 1929--1931 by theatrical musical-comedy star Marilyn Miller (1898--1936), whose appearance in the Broadway production of the play marked one of her greatest successes. Miller was closely identified with the song "Look for the Silver Lining," which became the title of the highly fictionalized 1949 Warner Bros. film about her life. That film was directed by David Butler and starring June Haver as Miller. For additional information about Miller's life, please consult the entry above for Look for the Silver Lining.
Sally, a cafe hostess and orphan, aspires to become a dancer. She is loved by Blair Farquar, of an aristocratic family, though his father has arranged a match with Marcia Ten Brock. Forced to leave the cafe when she spills food on the suit of Otis Hooper, a booking agent, she gets a job at the Balkan Tavern, run by "Pops" Shendorff, onetime supporter of a former grand duke who now works as a waiter and is known as Connie. Encouraged to dance for the customers, Sally is a sensation, and when Hooper engages her to impersonate a Russian dancer who has eloped, she and Connie are lionized at Mrs. Ten Brock's party. When Sally learns Farquar is engaged to Marcia, however, she leaves the party in despair. Hooper finds her in a tenement and stars her in his follies, and on her opening night, she is reunited with her lover. Their marriage ...
Sally, a cafe hostess and orphan, aspires to become a dancer. She is loved by Blair Farquar, of an aristocratic family, though his father has arranged a match with Marcia Ten Brock. Forced to leave the cafe when she spills food on the suit of Otis Hooper, a booking agent, she gets a job at the Balkan Tavern, run by "Pops" Shendorff, onetime supporter of a former grand duke who now works as a waiter and is known as Connie. Encouraged to dance for the customers, Sally is a sensation, and when Hooper engages her to impersonate a Russian dancer who has eloped, she and Connie are lionized at Mrs. Ten Brock's party. When Sally learns Farquar is engaged to Marcia, however, she leaves the party in despair. Hooper finds her in a tenement and stars her in his follies, and on her opening night, she is reunited with her lover. Their marriage follows.
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