Summaries

A Chorus girl who is in love with her stage manager is led to believe that he is in love with another young woman, so, she agrees to marry a bootlegger instead.

Dee lives with her two girlfriends in a boarding house. Billy is in love with Dee and runs the show where Dee is in the chorus. He has Dee stepping from the chorus to featured dancer. Gessant is a importer and gambler from Detroit. A gang is trying to keep him in town to fleece him and they use Dee as bait. He is introduced to Dee after her show and she and her friends go out with Gessant and his gambling buddies only because Dee is mad at Billy. Gessant helps her get another job as headliner at the New Moon Club. Billy and Dee break up over this job and Gessant falls for Dee. But Billy still loves Dee and Gessant loves Dee and Dee must choose who she wants.—Tony Fontana <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • prohibition
  • gangsters
  • speakeasy
  • complications
  • broadway guys and dolls
Genres
  • Drama
  • Musical
Release date Jan 19, 1930
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Passed
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
Production companies First National Pictures

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 26m
Color Black and White
Aspect ratio 1.33 : 1

Synopsis

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