Movie Reviewed; Sally (1930)
Sally, the Broadway star
This is a no expense spared effort by Warner Brothers Studio to bring Guy Bolton and Jerome Kern's 1920 stage musical, "Sally" to the screen. Petite Marilyn Miller recreated the role she played on Broadway with 150 beauties in the largest indoor scene ever photographed in color. 36 Albertina Rasch girls who toe-dance more than other choruses can clog, and an orchestra of 110 to play the hit songs that made Sally famous. The songs included; Look for the silver lining, Wild Rose and Sally (all by Jerome Kerns) and five other songs. Apart from a great performance by Marilyn Miller, the film is strongly supported by Alexander Gray, Joe E Brown, Pert Kelton and T Roy Barnes. I very much enjoyed watching this Cinderella story of a waitress becoming a Broadway sensation. Miller made only three movies and sadly passed away due to surgical complications at the age 37. A sculpture of Miller can be seen atop the former I. Miller Shoe Company Building at 167 West 46th Street in Times Square, Manhattan
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