Glorifying the American Girl Blu-ray
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Posted October 8, 2019 01:39 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber will bring to Blu-ray Milton Webb's film Glorifying the American Girl (1929), starring Eddie Cantor, Helen Morgan, and Rudy Vallee. The release will be available for purchase on December 3.
Synopsis: At the dawn of the talkies, Paramount Pictures poured its resources into a lavish movie intended to plant their flag in the American Musical. Mary Eaton stars as an aspiring showgirl who must choose between her on-stage career and the love of a young musician (Edward Crandall).
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Synopsis: At the dawn of the talkies, Paramount Pictures poured its resources into a lavish movie intended to plant their flag in the American Musical. Mary Eaton stars as an aspiring showgirl who must choose between her on-stage career and the love of a young musician (Edward Crandall).
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 2K MASTER derived from the UCLA Film & Television Archive's photochemical restoration
- Audio commentary by Richard Barrios, author of A Song in the Dark: The Birth of the Musical Film
- Hollywood: City of Celluloid (7 min. travelogue)
- Hearst Metrotone News (2 min. excerpt): backstage footage of Florenz Ziegfeld
- La Cucaracha (1934 Technicolor musical short)