Puttin' on the Ritz

1930
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1h 28m

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Joan Bennett and Harry Richman in Puttin' on the Ritz (1930)

A vaudeville and nightclub performer becomes successful and forgets who his friends really are.A vaudeville and nightclub performer becomes successful and forgets who his friends really are.A vaudeville and nightclub performer becomes successful and forgets who his friends really are.

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5.6/10

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Harry Richman

Harry Raymond

Joan Bennett

Dolores Fenton

James Gleason

James Tierney

Aileen Pringle

Mrs. Teddy Van Rennsler

Lilyan Tashman

Goldie Devere

Purnell Pratt

George Barnes

Richard Tucker

Fenway Brooks

Eddie Kane

Bob Wagner

George Irving

Dr. Blair

Sidney Franklin

Schmidt

Erville Alderson

Man Needing Orchestrations
(uncredited)

Oscar Apfel

House Manager
(uncredited)

James Bradbury Jr.

Subway Guard
(uncredited)

Budd Fine

Heckler
(uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Mr. Wagner's Secretary
(uncredited)

Lee Phelps

Balcony Audience Member
(uncredited)

Tiny Sandford

Heckler
(uncredited)

Director
- Edward Sloman
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Trivia
This film is one of over 200 titles in the list of independent feature films made available for television presentation by Advance Television Pictures announced in Motion Picture Herald 4 April 1942. At this time, television broadcasting was in its infancy, almost totally curtailed by the advent of World War II, and would not continue to develop until 1945-1946. Because of poor documentation (feature films were often not identified by title in conventional sources) no record has yet been found of its initial television broadcast.

Quotes
Harry Raymond: I was too good for her when I was a success. Well, she's too good for me now. And what's more, know it.

Connections
Featured in Entertainment This Week Salutes Paramount's 75th Anniversary (1987)

Soundtracks
With You
(1930)
Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
Sung by Harry Richman (uncredited)

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5/10

The dangers of drinking

Goodness me, that was a bit depressing. If you drink alcohol, you go blind! If you pull your plonker, you go blind. You can't do anything that is fun otherwise you will go blind. Who is putting this nonsense forward as factual?

Harry Richman (Harry) is a singer songwriter who makes it big and leaves his friends behind only to get his comeuppance. Can ex-partner Joan Bennett (Dolores) forgive him?

The story is a bit boring and doesn't flow because chunks of the storyline have been edited out. Don't watch for that. See the film for 3 of the musical segments - the song "With You", the weird Alice in Wonderland section and the standout "Puttin' on the Ritz" which is without doubt the best version of the song put on film. This alone makes the film keeping onto as well as it being an interesting museum piece and time capsule with the film sets.