Sweethearts on Parade is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Marshall Neilan and starring Alice White, Lloyd Hughes, and Marie Prevost.[1] It was inspired by the Guy Lombardo recording "Sweethearts on Parade," a tune also adopted by Louis Armstrong in 1930.[2]
| Sweethearts on Parade | |
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| Directed by | Marshall Neilan |
| Written by | Alfred A. Cohn Colin Clements Jimmy Starr |
| Produced by | Al Christie |
| Starring | Alice White Lloyd Hughes Marie Prevost |
| Cinematography | Gus Peterson |
| Edited by | Sidney J. Walsh |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 65 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
editHelen and Nita work dressing windows in a department store, where Helen attracts the attention of both a marine and a millionaire.
Cast
edit- Alice White as Helen
- Lloyd Hughes as Bill
- Marie Prevost as Nita
- Kenneth Thomson as Hendricks
- Ray Cooke as Hank
- Wilbur Mack as Parker
- Ernest Wood as Denham
- Max Asher as Store Manager
References
edit- ^ Darby p.473
- ^ Brothers, Thomas (2014). Louis Armstrong: Master of Modernism. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company. p. 327. ISBN 978-0-393-06582-4.
Bibliography
edit- Darby, William. Masters of Lens and Light: A Checklist of Major Cinematographers and Their Feature Films. Scarecrow Press, 1991.
External links
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