So Long Letty
(1929)
64 mins | Musical comedy | 16 October 1929
Director:
Lloyd BaconWriter:
Robert LordCinematographer:
James Van TreesEditor:
Jack KilliferProduction Company:
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.Charlotte Greenwood created the role of "Letty Robbins" on Broadway and also had appeared in road company versions of the musical comedy. A silent film adaptation of the play was produced and directed by Al Christie in 1920. That version, also entitled So Long Letty , starred Grace Darmond and T. Roy Barnes (See ... More Less
Charlotte Greenwood created the role of "Letty Robbins" on Broadway and also had appeared in road company versions of the musical comedy. A silent film adaptation of the play was produced and directed by Al Christie in 1920. That version, also entitled So Long Letty , starred Grace Darmond and T. Roy Barnes (See Entry). More Less
Uncle Claude, an eccentric millionaire, brings his flapper granddaughters, Ruth and Sally, to a fashionable beach hotel, where he is accosted by Letty Robbins, a beauty parlor solicitor. Infuriated by her tactics, he calls upon the "personality man," Harry Miller, a would-be singer who charms the girls; Claude rushes into the adjoining suite to find Clarence De Brie, a composer, who tries to induce him to produce his new opera; and back in his own suite, he encounters Joe Casey, who wants to give him swimming lessons; thus he resolves to escape to the beauty salon. Later, Letty and Tom decide to swap partners with their neighbors Harry and Grace; complications ensue when Claude, who is Harry's uncle, arrives with his granddaughters; and when they are all booked in a raid on their "wild party," the judge straightens out ... + −
Uncle Claude, an eccentric millionaire, brings his flapper granddaughters, Ruth and Sally, to a fashionable beach hotel, where he is accosted by Letty Robbins, a beauty parlor solicitor. Infuriated by her tactics, he calls upon the "personality man," Harry Miller, a would-be singer who charms the girls; Claude rushes into the adjoining suite to find Clarence De Brie, a composer, who tries to induce him to produce his new opera; and back in his own suite, he encounters Joe Casey, who wants to give him swimming lessons; thus he resolves to escape to the beauty salon. Later, Letty and Tom decide to swap partners with their neighbors Harry and Grace; complications ensue when Claude, who is Harry's uncle, arrives with his granddaughters; and when they are all booked in a raid on their "wild party," the judge straightens out matters. + −
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