"Carl Laemmle's stupendous talking and singing picture." 27 May 1929 Crime, Music 105 mins
A naive young dancer in a Broadway show innocently gets involved in backstage bootlegging and murder.
Watch the official Broadway 1929 trailer in HD below.
Glenn Tryon as Roy Lane
Evelyn Brent as Pearl
Merna Kennedy as Billie Moore
Thomas E. Jackson as Dan McCorn
Otis Harlan as 'Porky' Thomson
Robert Ellis as Steve Crandall
Marion Lord as Lil Rice
Fritz Feld as Mose Levett
George Davis as Joe
Paul Porcasi as Nick Verdis
Leslie Fenton as 'Scar' Edwards
Arthur Housman as Dolph
Betty Francisco as Mazie
Edythe Flynn as Ruby
Florence Dudley as Ann
Carl Laemmle Jr. Producer
Pál Fejős Director
George Abbott Writer
Charles Furthman Adaptation
Edward L. Cahn Editor
Charles D. Hall Art Direction
Thomas F. O'Neill Art Direction
Frank H. Booth Special Effects
Johanna Mathieson Costume Design
Robert Carlisle Editor
Edward T. Lowe Jr. Adaptation
William J. Reiter Assistant Director
Hal Mohr Director of Photography
Howard Jackson Original Music Composer
Con Conrad Songs
United States 27 May 1929
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