Pre-Code chorus girls scamming their way through showbiz? Chaos, darling.
Julia, Myrtle, Fanny, and Jane - all chorus girls, after weeks of rehearsing for a show, find themselves stranded when the manager is broke. Evicted for not paying the rent, they try various schemes to get food and lodging.
Production
Glimpses of authentic 1927 Broadway backstage culture.
Acting
Bedford and Vaughn's crackling comedic timing.
Director
Phil Goldstone
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of countless 'chorus girl' films flooding screens in 1927, when flapper culture made backstage life seem dangerously glamorous.
Director Phil Goldstone produced over 100 films but rarely directed; this rarity survives only through a 16mm print rediscovered in the 1990s.
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