The vaudeville act of Harriet and Queenie Mahoney comes to Broadway, where their friend Eddie Kerns needs them for his number in one of Francis Zanfield's shows. When Eddie meets Queenie, he soon falls in love with her—but she is already being courted by Jock Warriner, a member of New York high society. Queenie eventually recognizes that, to Jock, she is nothing more than a toy, and that Eddie is in love with her.
Production
Groundbreaking sound technology for 1929 — they literally invented the musical on film.
Costume
Pre-code outfits that scandalized audiences and censors alike.
Director
Harry Beaumont
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Parts of this film are considered lost — the original Technicolor sequences only survive in black-and-white.
This was MGM's first musical and the template for every backstage showbiz story that followed, including 42nd Street and A Star Is Born.
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