DIZZY DAMES (1935)

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DIZZY DAMES (1935)

PostMon Aug 15, 2011 8:27 am

Is this Liberty feature readily available? Has anyone here seen it?
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Re: DIZZY DAMES (1935)

PostMon Aug 15, 2011 8:37 am

Here's my review from IMDb:

Marjroie Rambeau stars as a former stage star who now runs a theatrical boarding house full of eccentric actors and a struggling song writer (Lawrence Gray). Turmoil ensues when she gets a letter from her daughter (Florinne McKinney) who's been away at boarding school so she won't get tainted by the acting bug.

It's love at first sight for Gray and McKinney, but she has a society boy friend in the wings. When one of McKinney's society friends decides to "put on a show" for charity, they immediately hire Gray (his big break) to do the music and the whole household gets in on the act.

McKinney is a cluck because she never catches on that the household and her mother are stage people. Only when she freezes on stage and Rambeau comes out to deliver a speech does McKinney get it.

Very minor B film but with some interesting actors, including Rambeau and Gray (who has a nice singing voice). Berton Churchill plays the old ham actor, Inez Courtney and Fuzzy Knight are the song-and-dance couple. John Warburton is the dull boy friend. Kitty Kelly is the blonde with the seal. Mary Forbes is a society matron. And Christine Marston does an extended and lurching rumba.
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Re: DIZZY DAMES (1935)

PostMon Aug 15, 2011 9:04 am

drednm wrote:Here's my review from IMDb:

Marjroie Rambeau stars as a former stage star who now runs a theatrical boarding house full of eccentric actors and a struggling song writer (Lawrence Gray). Turmoil ensues when she gets a letter from her daughter (Florinne McKinney) who's been away at boarding school so she won't get tainted by the acting bug.

It's love at first sight for Gray and McKinney, but she has a society boy friend in the wings. When one of McKinney's society friends decides to "put on a show" for charity, they immediately hire Gray (his big break) to do the music and the whole household gets in on the act.

McKinney is a cluck because she never catches on that the household and her mother are stage people. Only when she freezes on stage and Rambeau comes out to deliver a speech does McKinney get it.

Very minor B film but with some interesting actors, including Rambeau and Gray (who has a nice singing voice). Berton Churchill plays the old ham actor, Inez Courtney and Fuzzy Knight are the song-and-dance couple. John Warburton is the dull boy friend. Kitty Kelly is the blonde with the seal. Mary Forbes is a society matron. And Christine Marston does an extended and lurching rumba.


Do you recall who sings "I Was Taken By Storm?"
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Re: DIZZY DAMES (1935)

PostMon Aug 15, 2011 9:36 am

Lawrence Gray plays a songwriter. He's at the piano composing and having trouble. Florine McKinney comes in and hits a few piano keys, completing the song passage. They then sing together, "I Was Taken by Storm."
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Re: DIZZY DAMES (1935)

PostMon Aug 15, 2011 10:35 am

drednm wrote:Lawrence Gray plays a songwriter. He's at the piano composing and having trouble. Florine McKinney comes in and hits a few piano keys, completing the song passage. They then sing together, "I Was Taken by Storm."


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Re: DIZZY DAMES (1935)

PostMon Aug 22, 2011 4:53 pm

The song is then reprised for "the show" and sung again by McKinney and Gray.

It sure sounds a lots like "Indian Summer" to me....
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