Glorifying the American Girl Blu-ray

Release Year: 1929

Runtime: 95 min

Director: Millard Webb

Cast: Mary Eaton, Eddie Cantor, Helen Morgan, Rudy Vallee, Dan Healy

Studios: Paramount Pictures

A young woman, who wants to be in the Follies, is making ends meet by working at a department store's sheet music department, where she sings the latest hits. She is accompanied on piano by her childhood boyfriend, who is in love with her, despite her single-minded interest in her career. When a vaudeville performer asks her to join him as his new partner, she sees it as an opportunity to make her dream come true. Upon arriving in New York City, our heroine finds out that her new partner is only interested in sleeping with her and makes this a condition of making her a star. Soon, however, she is discovered by a representative of Ziegfeld.

Special Features:

2K Master

derived from the UCLA Film & Television Archive’s photochemical 35mm restoration

Audio commentary by Richard Barrios

author of A Song in the Dark: The Birth of the Musical Film

Hollywood – City of Celluloid

(7 min. travelogue)

Hearst Metrotone News

(2 min. excerpt): backstage footage of Florenz Ziegfeld rehearsing dancers for a new stage production

La Cucaracha

(1934 Technicolor short)

Optional English SDH subtitles

Technical Specifications:

• 1920x1080P