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- DirectorAlan CroslandStarsArthur LakeBetty CompsonJoe E. BrownA musical advertised as the first 100% natural color, all-singing production. The plot concerns a wide-eyed former hatcheck girl who takes the place of a rebellious star.The Covans (quartet) only imdb credit, dance twice. Also some large productions, and Joe E. Brown stunt dancing.
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Warner Bros, dir. Alan Crosland; 6+ - DirectorRoy MackStarsEubie BlakeNina Mae McKinneyThe Nicholas BrothersTwo boys eat a blackberry pie, then they and their mother are transported to a musical set where Eubie Blake and his band are playing some great jazz.Hallelujah (1929)
Nicholas Brothers - DirectorRoy MackStarsNina Mae McKinneyThe Nicholas BrothersThe Washboard SerenadersBrutus Johnson, owner of the Porter Pullman Shoe Polish Company, sponsors the Porter Pullman Shoe Polish Variety Program on the Black Network Broadcasting Co. Mezzanine Johnson, Brutus' controlling wife, has her own views of what she would like to happen on the show, she who believes has the right since it is her father who put up the money for the business. Mezzanine wants to take over the lead female singer spot from Nina Mae McKinney. This news does not sit well with Brutus, who still cannot control what his wife does. It also does not sit well with either Nina or Emmett 'Babe' Wallace, her male counterpart, the two who see themselves as a team and who learn the news through the grapevine. As the show continues and Mezzanine plots her take-over, Nina Mae and Babe have to figure out what to do to save their spots and to save the show. Nina Mae and Babe may get some unwitting help from The Nicholas Brothers, who plan to audition for the amateur segment of the show but who sell lucky number tickets as their regular business, and the radio listening public.Hallelujah (1929)
Nicholas Brothers - DirectorThornton FreelandStarsEddie CantorEthel ShuttaPaul GregoryWestern sheriff Bob Wells is preparing to marry Sally Morgan; she loves part-Indian Wanenis, whose race is an obstacle. Sally flees the wedding with hypochondriac Henry Williams, who thinks he's just giving her a ride; but she left a note saying they've eloped! Chasing them are jilted Bob, Henry's nurse Mary (who's been trying to seduce him) and others.Busby Berkeley's first IMDb credit. He has most of his gags already developed, especially the geometric overhead effects. Just fast forward through the non-dancing scenes, although Eddie Cantor in the kitchen is worth watching.
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Goldwyn, dir. Freeland; 6 - DirectorA. Edward SutherlandStarsEddie CantorCharlotte GreenwoodBarbara WeeksThe assistant of a phony psychic leaves the fraudulent business and becomes an efficiency expert.Here only for the Busby Berkeley sequences. The comedy, Charlotte Greenwood and George Raft make the rest of the film pleasurable.
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Goldwyn, dir. Sutherland; 6 - DirectorCharles ReisnerStarsBert LahrCharlotte GreenwoodPat O'BrienAn eccentric inventor and his new flying machine are the focus of this musical comedy.Here only for the BB sequences, which are too few, but worth seeing, especially in study of BB. This might have been the first use of camera under a circle of girls rotating to give different faces oriented properly for a fraction of a second each. It's a fun comedy with Greenwood being very physical and Bert Lahr mugging in his first of 10 feature film appearances.
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MGM, dir. Reisner; 6+ - DirectorLloyd BaconStarsWarner BaxterBebe DanielsGeorge BrentWhen the leading lady of a Broadway musical breaks her ankle, she is replaced by a young unknown actress, who becomes the star of the show.Good story, worth watching the whole film. The great dancing comes at the last 20 minutes, where we get a condensed version of the stage musical they've been working on. It's glorious, complete with Berkeley-isms and surreal staging that only cinema could capture. A worthy reboot of the movie musical.
Warner Bros, dir. Bacon, 8+ - DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsWarren WilliamJoan BlondellAline MacMahonA wealthy composer rescues unemployed Broadway performers with a new play, but insists on remaining anonymous.Great Busby Berkeley production numbers: We're in the Money (immediately after opening credits), Shadow Waltz (start ~1:21:30) and Remember My Forgotten Man (start ~1:30:30). Another BB triumph, although there are long section with no numbers, and the plot is dull. Not even Joan Blondell and Aline McMahon liven it up enough; Warren William and Guy Kibbee are flat as the love interests.
Warner Bros, dir. LeRoy, 8 - DirectorLloyd BaconStarsJames CagneyJoan BlondellRuby KeelerChester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rival's spy to produce spectacular live "prologues" for movie houses.BB meets Cagney, Blondell, and the usual cast. First up: short dress rehearsal of Sittin' on a Back Yard Fence at 40:30. 1:08:40 Honeymoon Hotel, no actual dancing, but cute. 1:18:00 By a Waterfall, with very elaborate sets of waterfalls in a "natural" setting, and man made swimming pools. 1:31:30 Shanghai Lil. Cagney acts, dances and close-order drills in this one.
Warner Bros, dir. Bacon, 8 - DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsJoan CrawfordClark GableFranchot ToneAn attractive dancer is rescued from jail by a rich man who helps her to have her first big opportunity at a musical play on Broadway.Astaire's first film appearance. He dances twice: partial rehearsal starting ~55 min, part of big production starting ~1:16:00, including a flying carpet segment, where we can see through FA's body. I'm pleasantly surprised by the plot, the players and the staging of the dances. Definitely imitation Berkeley, but pretty well done. (The revolving sectors of posed girls is close to BB.) Looking at the other credits of the 2 dance directors gives me no insight about who might be responsible.
MGM, dir. Leonard, 6+ - DirectorFrank TuttleStarsEddie CantorRuth EttingGloria StuartA kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asleep and dreams that he is back in the days of olden Rome, where he gets mixed up with court intrigue and a murder plot against the Emperor.Ruth Etting sings No More Love in a slave auction with lots of BB staging/dancing. Cantor sings Keep Young and Beautiful while blacked up; the white harem girls have black attendants who look extra dark and uniformly so, and all provide a good BB#. Although the chariot chase is impressive; the chariot sequence director shares a title card with BB and Tuttle, the film's director.
Goldwyn, dir. Tuttle, 7- - DirectorThornton FreelandStarsDolores Del RíoGene RaymondRaul RoulienA bandleader woos a Latin flame who is already engaged to his employer.The Carioca begins 40:45; F&G dance at 43:40 for 2 minutes, and again at 50:45 for 20 seconds. Jazzier version danced by the black couples starts 49:20; end time: 52:20. At 1:03:45, Fred does regular dance-floor moves with Dolores to Orchids in the Moonlight through 1:05:25. Fred solos to Music Makes Me at 1:06:45 through 1:08:05. Flying Down to Rio, with women lashed to airplane wings to "dance" above ground, starts at 1:22:00 through 1:25:00.
RKO, dir. Freeland; 7- - DirectorJack CummingsStarsLarry FineMoe HowardCurly HowardTed Healy and the 3 Stooges are fired and evicted from a theatre because Ted annoys women working there. They then get jobs as waiters at a nightclub. Chaos leads to destruction of the business. At the end, Ted pursues another woman.A short starring Healy & the 3 Stooges. But at 11:30 (lasts 2 min) we get an unidentified trio of tappers who look familiar. Their dance on barrels is worth fast forwarding through the rest.
MGM; on Flying Down to Rio (1933) dvd. - DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsWilliam PowellBette DavisFrank McHughWhen the Manhattan investment firm of Sherwood Nash goes broke, he joins forces with his partner Snap and fashion designer Lynn Mason to provide discount shops with cheap copies of Paris couture dresses.BB meets ostrich feathers on dozens of girls at 50:30, lasts 5 min. Gorgeous; the movement of the feathers makes some formations a little more alive than usual.
Warner Bros, dir. Dieterle; 6 - DirectorJames CruzeErich von StroheimStarsErich von StroheimDonald DouglasBetty CompsonAn insanely, egocentric ventriloquist, even though he is possessed by his wooden dummy, is in love with a dancer who is in love with another. The dummy gives advice to the ventriloquist.CM50.d6A. Compson and Douglas are the romantic leads who sing (and dance adagio via body doubles, according to Richard Barrios' A Song in the Dark [book]). Musical scenes often have a large number of dancers on a wide and deep stage, often filmed in a full proscenium. The precision of the chorus lines tells me lots of rehearsal went into the effort. Observed by a friend: the songs reflect the themes portrayed.
James Cruze Productions, dir. Cruze; 7 - DirectorLloyd BaconStarsAl JolsonKay FrancisDolores Del RíoHarry and Inez are a dance team at the Wonder Bar. Inez loves Harry, but he is in love with Liane, the wife of a wealthy business man. Al Wonder and the conductor/singer Tommy are in love with Inez. When Inez finds out, that Harry wants to leave Paris and is going to the USA with Liane she kills him.We get these BB musical numbers: Del Rio and Cortez dance to Powell's singing of Don't Say Good-Night, which evolves into a BB production of dancing columns. Lasts 11 min. The use of mirrors is amazing, and we get the overhead formations too; all much too elaborate for a theatrical stage, much less a nightclub. Then the notorious Goin' to Heaven on a Mule starts at 1:06:50. The stereotyping is deeply offensive, but the spectacle is fascinating. Lasts 12+ min.
Warner Bros, dir. Bacon; 8. - DirectorHamilton MacFaddenStarsWarner BaxterMadge EvansJames DunnA little girl's (Shirley Temple) toe-tapping musical numbers uplift the nation during the Depression in this charming classic that includes Temple's rendition of "Baby Take a Bow.Shirley Temple is just 6 y.o. by a month when this premiered. She is a marvel as a tapper. So only watch her scene (maybe), and her one musical number, plus the acrobatic senators, namely scenes 9-12, and hit EJECT. It's easy to see why ST stood out as the best thing in this nails down the chalkboard of a movie (EIGHT writers?) Broadway's Gone Hill Billy (scene 14) is very insulting, as though country music swings and shimmies like that. In the Lariat Dance, I wonder if some of those ropes are actually hoops.
Fox, dir. MacFadden; 5- - DirectorRay EnrightBusby BerkeleyStarsJoan BlondellDick PowellRuby KeelerA multimillionaire decides to boycott "filthy" forms of entertainment such as Broadway shows.Scene 18: The Girl at the Ironing Board, Blondell as turn of century laundress. Scene 19: I Only Have Eyes for You, replicator stuck on Ruby Keeler. Very cinema-only sequence of Powell+Keeler on streets, in subway, people disappearing from view. Then the chorines doing BB's psychedelic bidding. Glorious. Scene 20: Dames. More BB magic, without Ruby, yet with some actual tapping too. Several shots are filmed in reverse to give formations precision. Beautiful.
Warner Bros, dir. Enright&Berkeley; 7+ - DirectorRoy Del RuthWilly PoganyStarsEddie CantorAnn SothernEthel MermanA musical comedy about a Brooklyn boy (Eddie Cantor) who inherits a fortune from his archaeologist father, but must go to Egypt to claim it.No BB, but the Nicholas Bros appear. Harold sings I Want to Be a Minstrel Man (chapter 8). Later in same chapter, both dance to Mandy at 47:05 for 1.5 glorious minutes. Ethel Merman gets 3 songs and plenty of acting scenes. Ann Sothern gets 2 songs, but has better roles elsewhere.
Goldwyn, dir. Del Ruth & Pogany; 6+ - DirectorMark SandrichStarsFred AstaireGinger RogersAlice BradyA woman thinks a flirting man is the co-respondent her lawyer has hired to expedite her divorce.Fred has 2 solos; F&G have 3 numbers (Night and Day, The Continental twice). Betty Grable and EE Horton Knock Knees. DVD has scenes broken out to make musical numbers easy to find. Really, this feels like the first of the musicals I own to express emotion and advance the story through dance.
RKO, dir. Sandrich; 8+ - DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsIrene DunneDonald WoodsHugh HerbertIn 1898, composer Sid Barnett manages to get his sweetheart, Adeline the beer-garden singer, to sing the lead in his new Broadway operetta; this infuriates Elysia, the erstwhile star. But Sid frets as Adeline spends increasing amounts of time with the dashing Major Day.Most famous song: Why Was I Born? Both production numbers are good to watch: Lonely Feet starts at 1:07 (lots of precision movement in white costumes against black glossy floor), We Were So Young starts at 1:13:20 (chorines on invisible swings, star on visible one). Not so much the movie overall. I love Irene Dunne, but this would have been better with Helen Morgan, and NOT the switcheroo of setting at the end.
Warner Bros, dir. LeRoy; 6- - DirectorDavid ButlerStarsShirley TempleLionel BarrymoreEvelyn VenableIn the post-Civil war south, a darling little girl attempts to restore the peace between her parents and her plantation owner grandfather.Bill "Bojangles" Robinson is the only reason I own Shirley Temple movies. Here is his first. He dances twice: once to get ST up the stairs to bed (marvelous, starts 56:40, about 3 min), and again with her in the stable (with wooden floor, 1:06:30 for 2 min).
Fox Film Corp, dir. Butler; 7- - DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsMaurice ChevalierMerle OberonAnn SothernAn entertainer impersonates a look-alike banker, causing comic confusion for wife and girlfriend.Excellent opening numbers, especially the umbrella'd ensemble dancing to Rhythm of the Rain (almost worthy of early BB). Second ensemble with MC & AS starts at 1:14:20, Singing a Happy Song; lots of straw hats of various sizes (real, enlarged, and the size of a stage); again BB-worthy. Dance director credit is Dave Gould.
20th Century Pictures, dir. Del Ruth; 7 - DirectorWilliam A. SeiterStarsIrene DunneFred AstaireGinger RogersAn American jazzman and his buddy woo a Russian princess and a fake countess in Paris.Great songs here: Yesterdays, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, I Won't Dance, Lovely to Look At. Fred dances without GR in scenes 7 & 22; with GR in scenes 11, 29 & 31. Often a song scene precedes the dance scene. Both Fred and Hermes Pan get screen credit for "dances arranged by" and "assistant dance director", respectively.
RKO, dir. Seiter; 7- - DirectorLuther ReedStarsBebe DanielsEverett MarshallBert WheelerIn antebellum New Orleans, two men vie for the affections of a beautiful young girl during Mardi Gras.Best print is on YouTube with color footage. Bill "Bojangles" Robinson dances alone starting at 1:23:02 for about 3 minutes. For at least half of it, the frame cuts him off at the ankles. Still marvelous to watch, and different from the staircase work he does in The Little Colonel. Other dance sequences, with large ensembles, not worth noting. (I also found the clip of only his sequence on YouTube.)
RKO, dir. Reed; 5 - DirectorIrwin FranklynStarsBill RobinsonEubie BlakeJohn 'Spider Bruce' MasonThe director and star of a Harlem theater troupe puts his feelings aside to help unite two lovers.Watched on YouTube; only 57 min instead of 1:09. Backstager, with plenty of dancing, almost all with Robinson. This one has the onstage mini-staircase built for Robinson; starts at 36:40. Filmed full-figure and closeup on feet, which shows just how narrow the prop is: width is about 1.5 of the length of his feet; 5 steps up and 5 down. Lovely hollow sound when he's tapping on it.
Lincoln Pictures & Herald Pictures, dir. Franklin; 6- - DirectorBusby BerkeleyStarsDick PowellAdolphe MenjouGloria StuartRomantic antics abound among the guests at a luxury hotel, including a stage director, an eccentric millionaire, and the daughter of a financial backer.Really awful and really awesome. The dancing pianos, introduced by DP singing to his romantic interest don't need the laborious story we've endured for 1:06 to get there. The Lullaby of Broadway number is the dancing-est ensemble number Berkeley produced: dozens of men and women actually dancing, not just making beautiful formations. And it climaxes in a bizarre dramatic twist.
First National (WB), dir. Berkeley; 7- - DirectorArchie MayoMichael CurtizRobert FloreyStarsAl JolsonRuby KeelerGlenda FarrellAl Howard may be a star on Broadway, but he is no longer welcomed by any producer. It seems that he just trots off to Mexico any time he wants causing shows to close and producers to lose money. When his sister Molly can no longer find Al work, she teams him up with talented Dorothy for a club date in Chicago. Flush with another success, Al wants to open his own club on Broadway, so he borrows money from a gangster to open the show. Al has Dorothy, who he ignores, the gangsters dough and the gangster's sweetie Luana. All he has to do is keep them all happy, but Luana wants Al.The song that lingers with me is About a Quarter to Nine, which AJ sings twice, RK dances to it, and they use it as dance music and background music. Ruby's dancing is better than usual; they gave her something to do with her hands and/or choreographed them. Near-BB spectacle created by Bobby Connolly, especially in the She's a Latin from Manhattan number with a large globe onstage.
First National (WB), dir. Mayo, (Curtiz & Florey); 7- - DirectorWalter LangStarsAnn SothernGene RaymondBill RobinsonA young man with money falls for singer Pat Thatcher, and her con man father makes the most of it.The highlight of this film is I'm Livin' in a Great Big Way: Bill Robinson, dancing and singing with Jeni LeGon, accompanied by Fats Waller, at 0:52-1:01, reprise 1:10:20-:46. (Also found on YouTube.) The movie is very pleasant overall.
RKO, dir. Lang; 6+ - DirectorRoy Del RuthW.S. Van DykeStarsJack BennyEleanor PowellRobert TaylorA Broadway producer is reluctant to hire his high school sweetheart for the leading role in a new show, so she decides to take advantage of a rumor started by a gossip columnist.Full-blown Eleanor Powell numbers here; she is the Star of the film and she taps and dances ballet and backbends a bit. Buddy Ebsen and sister Vilma dance comedically. June Knight sings well, and dances well too. Nick Long, Jr. can kick high with his right leg, and dances well. The production numbers are lavish, and the trick furniture and statuary are riveting. Their attempt at a BB overhead shot is horrible: they keep the camera moving and the picture shakes like the cherry-picker is going to shatter.
MGM, dir. Del Ruth (& Van Dyke); 7+ - DirectorVictor SavilleStarsJessie MatthewsSonnie HaleBetty BalfourHarriet Green, a beloved and radiant music hall star of the Edwardian era, has a guilty secret: She has a baby daughter, born out of wedlock. Harriet leaves her public and flees to South Africa to raise her daughter quietly. The years pass, and now her daughter, Harriet Hawkes, returns to London as a young show-biz hopeful. Tommy, a wily publicity man, knowing that young Harriet is a dead ringer for her famous mother, convinces a theater producer to star her in a new revue as none other than the original Harriet Green, miraculously untouched by old age. The ruse works too well: Now the public believes Harriet is a well-preserved 60-year-old and Tommy is her son. The deception is more than merely inconvenient, because now Harriet and Tommy have secretly fallen in love.Particularly good production starts at 39 minutes, tracing changes in musical styles from modern (1934) times to the Edwardian era. Don't miss the minstrel faces on the wall during the Charleston. I'm not sure why the 1914 segment is so Metropolis-y (1927), but it also borrows from Footlight Parade (1933); BB should be proud. There are 2-3 other good production numbers. Just watch it all; the ending satisfies too.
Gaumont British Picture Corporation, dir. Saville; 7 - DirectorMark SandrichStarsFred AstaireGinger RogersEdward Everett HortonAn American dancer comes to Britain and falls for a model whom he initially annoyed, but she mistakes him for his goofy producer.RKO, dir. Sandrich; 10
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/top-hat-1935.html - DirectorVictor SavilleStarsJessie MatthewsSonnie HaleAnna LeeElizabeth dreams of being a music-hall singer. She gets to know Victor, that quite unexpectedly gets a female part in a music-hall number. He unfortunately finds himself voiceless, so, why wouldn't Elizabeth replace him in it?Dancing begins in scene 1, where JM dances mostly alone in the shop stockroom. A large ensemble and her "mentor" (Victor, Sonnie Hale) assist her first professional female impersonation in scene 6, and another act in scene 8. In scene 11 JM sings on a swing, dressed as a bird, set in a cage, again with an ensemble of dancers. SH takes the lead in the reprise of that number in scene 12 of 13.
Gaumont British Picture Corporation, dir. Saville; 6+ - DirectorDavid ButlerStarsShirley TempleJohn BolesJack HoltShirley Temple's father, a rebel officer, sneaks back to his rundown plantation to see his family and is arrested. A Yankee takes pity and sets up an escape. Everyone is captured and the officers are to be executed. Shirley and "Bojangles" Robinson beg President Lincoln to intercede.We finally get more than one dose of dancing, in fact, triple that: scenes 3, 17, and 22 of 24. ST and Bill Robinson are the only dancers (other than the minuet by children), and their music is diegetic banjo, harmonica, or human sounds. Delightful.
Twentieth Century Fox, dir. Butler; 8 - DirectorSidney LanfieldStarsWarner BaxterAlice FayeJack OakieFormer burlesque producer moves into legitimate theatre and does well until he marries a socialite. After his divorce his former top singer returns from London to help out.Oscar nominated, Best Dance Direction, Sammy Lee, for Lovely Lady (ensemble) and Too Good to be True (Dixie Dunbar and male chorus, portion enhanced by Fats Waller and his band). Also excellent: Nick Long, high kicker from Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935); he does a lot of leaping and high-hopping here too, again reminding me of Bobby Van in BB's Small Town Girl (1953). Gareth Joplin (child with Astaire's forehead and hairline). Both NL and GJ dance separately with female chorus on Shooting High.
Fox, dir. Lanfield; 6+ - DirectorNorman TaurogStarsEddie CantorEthel MermanSally EilersMeek Eddie Pink becomes manager of an amusement park beset by mobsters.Goldwyn, dir. Taurog, 7-
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/strike-me-pink-1936-7.html - DirectorMark SandrichStarsFred AstaireGinger RogersRandolph ScottA Navy sailor tries to rekindle a romance with the woman he loves while on liberty in San Francisco.RKO, dir. Sandrich, 7
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/follow-fleet-1936-7.html - DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsDick PowellRuby KeelerJack OakieThe Ames Company tries to keep Uncle Cedric uninvolved. But Cedric hires Joe and Minnie, buying her a dress shop with bookkeeper Colleen. Scandal follows when Donald is infatuated with Colleen, who makes the shop profitable.Warner Bros, dir. Green, 7+
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/colleen-1936-7.html - DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsWilliam PowellMyrna LoyLuise RainerThe ups and downs of Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., famed producer of extravagant stage revues, are portrayed.MGM, dir. Leonard; 8-
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-great-ziegfeld-1936-8.html - DirectorEdward H. GriffithStarsLoretta YoungTyrone PowerAdolphe MenjouIn Paris, a young American is in debt to a nightclub owner who forces him to woo an heiress in hopes of reaping her fortune.Fox, Griffith; 6. In '36 binder with Girls' Dormitory.
DVD extras has deleted scenes of Bill Robinson dancing as entertainer in the nightclub: nice long routine in white tie and tails, another shorter Apache number (I wince at the razor), followed by autograph seeker (I wince at the signature, especially since he's playing "Bill Robinson"). - DirectorGeorge StevensStarsFred AstaireGinger RogersVictor MooreRoguish gambler/dancer "Lucky" Garnett is challenged by his fiance's father to come up with $25,000 to prove he's worthy of her hand. But after he falls in love with a dance instructor, Lucky'll do anything to keep from earning the bucks.RKO, dir. Stevens; 9
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/swing-time-1936-9.html - DirectorLloyd BaconStarsMarion DaviesClark GableAllen JenkinsA talented boxer and a gifted dancer hope to increase their waning popularity by inventing a fictitious love affair for the benefit of the tabloids.Warner, dir. Bacon; 5+. Only watch the Oscar nom'd number at 48 min.
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/cain-and-mabel-1936.html - DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsEleanor PowellJames StewartVirginia BruceOn leave, a sailor falls in love with a young lady aspiring to become a Broadway dancer, but their relationship is jeopardized by an established Broadway star, who is also enamored by him.MGM, dir, Del Ruth; 7
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/born-to-dance-1936-7.html - DirectorLloyd BaconStarsDick PowellJoan BlondellGlenda FarrellWhen two investors inform an opportunistic dancer that they can't fund an elderly stage producer's production, she suggests they get an insurance policy on the producer's life.Warner, dir. Bacon; 7
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/gold-diggers-of-1937-1936-7.html - DirectorAubrey ScottoStarsMarion TalleyMichael BartlettNigel BruceAn eccentric musical family is kept in order by a talented daughter with modest ambitions.Republic Pictures, dir. Scotto; 6. Read blog before watching again:
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/follow-your-heart-1936-6.html - DirectorSidney LanfieldStarsSonja HenieAdolphe MenjouDon AmecheAmerican theatrical manager (Menjou) discovers Henie preparing for the Olympics in Switzerland and brings her to Madison Square Garden.Fox, dir. Lanfield; 7-
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/one-in-million-1936-7.html - DirectorJoseph SantleyStarsBen LyonJoan MarshEdward J. NugentPeyton Wells (Ben Lyon) rescues Judy Jones (Joan Marsh) from a very dull young man, at a sedate party given for her by her multi-millionaire grandfather Silas P. Jones (Purnell Pratt.) Judy refuses to accompany Peyton on a slumming trip to a cheap dance hall, and Peyton dances with several of the dowagers and tells them that Silas is practically dying of scarlet fever. The guests hastily depart and Joan joins Peyton at the Dreamland Dance Hall. She is mistaken by Jimmy Cassidy (Edward J. Nugent) as one of the hostesses and decides to dance with him as a lark. One thing follows another and Judy gets disinherited and takes a job at the dance hall through Jimmy and his friend Mabel(Isabel Jewell.) Jimmy confides to Judy his ambition to become a dance instructor over the radio and Judy decides to help him but can't get the needed financial backing. She gets Peyton to front the money, promising him she will reconsider his offer of marriage if Jimmy's plan fails. The dance school of the air proves to be a flop because of Silas Jones, who threatens to withdraw his large advertising account unless the dance school is taken off.Republic, dir. Santley; 7-. read blog for why this is "recommended".
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/dancing-feet-1936-7.html - DirectorRay EnrightStarsRuby KeelerLee DixonAllen JenkinsTwo songwriters want to cast a British star in their new show.Warner, dir. Enright; 6+. only here because finale is Oscar-nom'd.
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/ready-willing-and-able-1937-6.html - DirectorFrank TuttleStarsBing CrosbyBob BurnsMartha RayeA beauty contest winner of the "Miss Pineapple Princess" pageant takes part in a publicity scheme in Hawaii, and is pursued by an advertising executive for the agency doing the promotion.Paramount, dir. Tuttle; 6. only here because Luau scene is Oscar-nom'd.
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/waikiki-wedding-1937-6.html - DirectorMark SandrichStarsFred AstaireGinger RogersEdward Everett HortonA ballet dancer and a showgirl fake a marriage for publicity purposes, then fall in love.RKO, dir. Sandrich; 7+
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/shall-we-dance-1937-7.html - DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsWill RogersDorothy WilsonRussell HardieHorse trainer Steve Tapley is caught between the feuding Martingale and Shattuck families. He sides with young Nancy Martingale and her grandfather Ezra, and the feud is to be resolved by a horse race between the favorites of each family. Unfortunately, the Martingale's horse, Greyboy, only runs well in mud. And it hasn't rained in a long time.Fox, dir. Marshall; 6. NOT a musical, but Bill Robinson dances.
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/in-old-kentucky-1935-6-nm-but.html - DirectorSam WoodStarsGroucho MarxChico MarxHarpo MarxA veterinarian posing as a doctor teams with a singer and his friends as they struggle to save an upstate New York sanitarium with the help of a misfit racehorse.MGM, dir. Wood; 8+
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/a-day-at-races-1937-8.html - DirectorJack ConwaySam WoodStarsGus VanJoe SchenckBessie LoveWhen Jack and Jerry are not playing professional baseball with the Blue Sox, they are packing them in on the Vaudeville circuit. Jack is engaged to Mary, but a gold digger named Daisy has worked her way into his confidence. When Mary sees Jack and Daisy together, she leaves Jack and Jack marries Daisy the next day. When Daisy decides that she wants into the Vaudeville act, she has Jack dump both Jerry and his baseball contract. But Jack soon finds that - no act - means no money - means no Daisy.MGM, dir. Conway & Wood; 5+. Watch only for Nina Mae McKinney production number at 53:45.
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/they-learned-about-women-1930-5.html - DirectorLeigh JasonStarsJoe PennerMilton BerleHarry EinsteinA crooked producer tries to link his backers by producing a flop and disappearing with the money. Patricia, one of the chorus girls, has given her money too, and after the producer disappears, one of the backers is in charge of production, trying the same trick. But Patricia tries to convince him to give the show a chance.RKO, dir. Jason; 6. Ann Miller's 1st(?) featured dance routine; other good dancing in places.
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/11/new-faces-of-1937-1937-6.html - DirectorNorman TaurogStarsAlice FayeThe Ritz BrothersDon AmecheStarving playwright Judith Wells meets playboy writer of musicals George Macrae over a plate of stolen spaghetti. He persuades producer Sam Gordon to buy her ridiculous play "North Winds" just to improve his romantic chances, and even persuades her to sing in the sort of show she pretends to despise. But just when their romance is going well, Gordon's former flame Lulu reveals the ace up her sleeve.Fox, dir. Taurog; 6+. here for the number by Tip Tap & Toe.
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/12/you-cant-have-everything-1937-6.html - DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsRobert TaylorEleanor PowellGeorge MurphySteve Raleigh wants to produce a show on Broadway. He finds a backer, Herman Whipple and a leading lady, Sally Lee, however his wife Caroline Whipple forces Steve to use a known star, not a newcomer. Sally purchases a horse she used to train when her parents had a farm before the depression and with two ex-vaudevillians, Sonny Ledford and Peter Trott she trains it to win a race, providing the money Steve needs for his show.MGM, dir. Del Ruth; 6+
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/12/broadway-melody-of-1938-1937-6.html - DirectorSidney LanfieldStarsSonja HenieTyrone PowerArthur TreacherA Swiss hotel's ski instructor falls in love with a man who goes skiing every morning.Fox, dir. Lanfield; 7+
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/12/thin-ice-1937-7.html - DirectorFrank TashlinFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancBilly BletcherBasin Street BoysAnother entry in the "books come alive" subgenre, with possibly more books coming alive than any other. We begin with some musical numbers, notably the various pages of Green Pastures all joining in on a song, The Thin Man entering The White House Cookbook and exiting much fatter, and The House of Seven (Clark) Gables singing backup to Old King Cole. The Three Musketeers break loose, become Three Men on a Horse, grab the Seven Keys to Baldpate, and set the Prisoner of Zenda free. They are soon chased by horsemen from The Charge of the Light Brigade and Under Two Flags and beset by the cannons of All Quiet on the Western Front. All this disturbs the sleep of Rip Van Winkle, who opens Hurricane so that everyone is (all together now) Gone with the Wind.Bill Robinson dances briefly on some special steps.
- DirectorDavid ButlerStarsEddie CantorTony MartinRoland YoungA movie company is filming the "Arabian Nights" when a hobo enters their camp, falls asleep and dreams he's back in Baghdad as advisor to the Sultan. In a spoof of Roosevelt's New Deal, he organizes work programs, taxes the rich and abolishes the army.Fox, dir. Butler; 7+
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/12/ali-baba-goes-to-town-1937-7.html - DirectorGeorge StevensStarsFred AstaireGeorge BurnsGracie AllenA betting castle staff, and a series of misunderstandings and set-ups, leads to an American entertainer and an English damsel falling in love.RKO, dir. Stevens; 7+
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/12/a-damsel-in-distress-1937-7.html - DirectorSidney LanfieldStarsWalter WinchellBen BernieSimone SimonAs part of their public feud, Bandleader Bernie pretends a girl singer is no good so columnist Winchell promotes her in his column.Fox, dir. Lanfield; 6-
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/12/love-and-hisses-1937-6.html - DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsNelson EddyEleanor PowellFrank MorganWest Point cadet Dick Thorpe falls in love with a girl, who turns out to be a princess from an European kingdom.MGM, dir. Van Dyke; 6+
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/12/rosalie-1937-6.html - DirectorSidney LanfieldStarsWalter WinchellBen BernieAlice FayeSatire on radio, built around the supposed feud between bandleader Ben Bernie and journalist Walter Winchell.Fox, dir. Lanfield; 6-. only here for < 5 minutes of Condos Bros.
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/12/wake-up-and-live-1937-6.html - DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsSonja HenieDon AmecheJean HersholtBandleader (Romero) and manager (Ameche) discover skater (Henie) in Norway. They become rivals after she returns with them to America.Fox, dir. Del Ruth; 7-
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/12/happy-landing-1938-7.html - DirectorSonnie HaleStarsJessie MatthewsBarry MacKayJack WhitingA young orphan woman and a young man were brought up together. She is a 'genius' dancer and he is a 'genius' stockbroker. They both realise their potential. After, they realise they are in love and decide to return to the sailing life.Gaumont British Picture Corporation; dir. Hale; 7
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/12/sailing-along-1938-7.html - DirectorAllan DwanStarsShirley TempleRandolph ScottJack HaleyRebecca's Uncle Harry leaves her with Aunt Miranda who forbids her to associate with show people. But neighbor Anthony Kent is a talent scout who secretly sets it up for her to become a radio broadcaster.Fox, dir. Dwan; 6. Only for last scene where BR, ST dance.
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/12/rebecca-of-sunnybrook-farm-1938-6.html - DirectorRaoul WalshStarsGeorge BurnsGracie AllenMartha RayeGracie Alden tries to graduate college to get an inheritance.Paramount, dir. Walsh; 7-. borderline entry
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/12/college-swing-1938-7.html - DirectorJohn Murray AndersonWalter LantzStarsPaul WhitemanJohn BolesLaura La PlanteAmerican Pre-Code color film starring Paul Whiteman and his Jazz orchestra.Universal, dir. Anderson; 6-
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/12/king-of-jazz-1930-6.html - DirectorMark SandrichStarsFred AstaireGinger RogersRalph BellamyA psychiatrist falls in love with the woman he's supposed to be nudging into marriage with someone else.RKO, dir. Sandrich; 7
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/12/carefree-1938-7.html - DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsSonja HenieRichard GreeneJoan DavisThe son (Romero) of a department store owner enrolls the store's sports clerk (Henie) at a university to use her as an advertisement for their fashion department. She falls for a teacher (Greene) and gets expelled.Fox, dir. Del Ruth; 7-
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/12/my-lucky-star-1938-7.html - DirectorIrving CummingsStarsShirley TempleJoan DavisCharles FarrellShirley helps her idealistic architect father get his dream of a slum-clearance project; the little miss dances with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. Based on Paul Gerard Smith's book "Lucky Penny."Fox, dir. Cummings; 6
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/12/just-around-corner-1938-6.html - DirectorEdward BuzzellStarsEleanor PowellRobert YoungGeorge BurnsWanting a break from his overzealous fans, a famous movie star hires a Hawaiian plantation owner to switch places with him for a few weeks.MGM, dir. Buzzell; 8
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2017/12/honolulu-1939-8.html - DirectorSidney LanfieldStarsSonja HenieTyrone PowerRudy ValleeA studio publicist discovers a Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back to Minnesota but he follows her.Fox, dir. Lanfield; 7-
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2018/01/second-fiddle-1939-7.html - DirectorVictor FlemingKing VidorStarsJudy GarlandFrank MorganRay BolgerYoung Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes.MGM; dir. Fleming et al; 10
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-wizard-of-oz-1939-10.html - DirectorRay EnrightStarsVera ZorinaEddie AlbertAlan HaleA young hoofer quits vaudeville to become a composer and hooks up with a Russian ballet troupe.Warner, dir. Enright; 6+; here for young Donald O'Connor's tapping early in the film.
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2018/01/on-your-toes-1939-6.html - DirectorNorman TaurogStarsFred AstaireEleanor PowellGeorge MurphyJohnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to, gives him the name of his partner.MGM, dir. Taurog; 8+
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2018/01/broadway-melody-of-1940-1940-8.html - DirectorIrving CummingsStarsDon AmecheBetty GrableCarmen MirandaAn American girl on vacation in Argentina falls for a wealthy racehorse owner.Fox, dir. Cummings; 7. Nicholas Bros
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2018/01/down-argentine-way-1940-7-color.html - DirectorWalter LangStarsAlice FayeBetty GrableJack OakieSongwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to England, and Katy joins her after the boys give a new song to Nora Bayes. All are reunited when the boys, now in the army, show up in England.Fox, dir. Lang; 6+. Nicholas Bros
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2018/01/tin-pan-alley-1940-6.html - DirectorH.C. PotterStarsFred AstairePaulette GoddardArtie ShawWhen perennial college students Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are forced to make it on their own, the competitive pair get jobs with Artie Shaw's band and reunite with ex-manager Ellen Miller.Paramount, dir. Potter; 6+
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2018/01/second-chorus-1940-6.html - DirectorArchie MayoStarsAlice FayeJack OakieJohn PayneAfter WWI two men go into radio. Failure leads the wife of one to borrow money from another; she goes on, after separation, to stardom. A coast-to-coast radio program is set up to bring everyone back together.Fox, dir. Mayo; 6+. Nicholas Bros
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-great-american-broadcast-1941-6.html - DirectorArthur LubinStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloDick PowellRuss Raymond, America's number one crooner, disappears and joins the Navy under the name Tommy Halstead. Dorothy Roberts, a magazine journalist, is intent on finding out what happened to Russ and she tries everything she can to get a picture of him to prove he's Russ Raymond. Tommy's friends, Pomeroy Watson and Smokey Adams,help him while Pomeroy writes love letters to Patty Andrews. But because Smokey makes Pomeroy lie about himself in the letters, and when Patty comes to the Navy base, she's furious at Pomeroy. When Pomeroy, Smokey, Tommy and the Andrews sisters set sail for Hawaii, Pomeroy discovers there's a tomato in the potato locker, and she's been snapping shots of Tommy the whole trip. Whether Pomeroy's proving that 7 x 13 = 28 - three different ways, having Smokey help him play ship captain for Patty, or falling out of his hammock, it's an Abbott and Costello classic.Universal, dir. Lubin; 7-. Condos Bros
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2018/01/in-navy-1941-7.html - DirectorHerbert WilcoxStarsAnna NeagleRay BolgerJohn CarrollThe beautiful Anna Neagle stars as a circus performer who falls in love with a rich car dealer's son, against her family's wishes. Features some spirited dance numbers with Ray Bolger.Suffolk Productions, distr. RKO, dir. Wilcox; 6
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2018/01/sunny-1941-6.html - DirectorSidney SalkowStarsRudy ValleeAnn MillerRosemary LaneKitty Brown, the maid of Frances Lewis, a nightclub star, gets a Hollywood contract after Frances' fiancé forbids her to appear in the club.Columbia, dir. Salkow, 6
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2018/01/time-out-for-rhythm-1941-6.html - DirectorWalter LangStarsDon AmecheBetty GrableRobert CummingsSisters Kay and Barbara arrive in Miami from Texas looking for rich husbands.Fox, dir. Lang; 8. Condos Bros, Hermes Pan
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2018/01/moon-over-miami-1941-8.html - DirectorH. Bruce HumberstoneStarsSonja HenieJohn PayneGlenn MillerAfter Phil Corey's band arrives at the Idaho ski resort, its pianist Ted Scott is smitten with a Norwegian refugee he has sponsored, Karen Benson. Later, soloist Vivian Dawn quits and Karen stages an ice show as a substitute.Fox, dir. Humberstone; 8. Nicholas Bros
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2018/01/sun-valley-serenade-1941-8.html - DirectorNorman Z. McLeodBusby BerkeleyStarsEleanor PowellAnn SothernRobert YoungA composer and his songwriter wife clash as they succeed in working together, writing hit Broadway shows, but fail in their marriage to the point of getting divorced twice.MGM, dir. McLeod & Berkeley; 7+. EP, Berry Bros
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2018/01/lady-be-good-1941-7.html - DirectorSidney LanfieldStarsFred AstaireRita HayworthRobert BenchleyIn order to cover up his philandering ways, a married Broadway producer sets one of his dancers up on a date with a chorus girl for whom he had bought a gift, but the two dancers fall in love for real.Columbia, dir. Lanfield; 8
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2018/01/youll-never-get-rich-1941-8.html - DirectorWalter LangStarsBetty GrableVictor MatureJack OakieWith his sidekick Rusty, Jeff Harper sails to paradisiacal tropical isle Ahmi-Oni to bargain on behalf of his cattle baron father for land owned by transplanted Irishman Dennis O'Brien. But Jeff falls in love with O'Brien's daughter, Eileen, and even his father can't break them up after he arrives and himself falls under the spell of island splendor.Fox, dir. Lang; 6+
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2018/01/song-of-islands-1942-6.html - DirectorEdward F. ClineStarsHarry JamesPatty AndrewsMaxene AndrewsA Universal Army enlistment promotion, produced as a musical showcase for Harry James, the Andrews Sisters, Joe E. Lewis, and Donald O'Connor and Peggy Ryan. The film's thin plot has James drafted and joining him is the band's lead vocalist Lon Prentice (Dick Foran), who doesn't believe that Army training and regulations are necessary for anyone of his skill and fame. Shemp Howard of the Three Stooges gets a solo turn as First Sergeant Snavely and is effectively teamed with Mary Wickes as his shrewish fiancée, trying desperately to keep her away from the attentions of nightclub comic and USO performer Lancelot Pringle McBiff (Joe E. Lewis).Universal, dir. Cline; 6+
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2018/02/private-buckaroo-1942-6.html - DirectorMichael CurtizStarsJames CagneyJoan LeslieWalter HustonThe life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan.Warner, dir. Curtiz; 9
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2018/02/yankee-doodle-dandy-1942-9.html - DirectorMark SandrichRobert AllenStarsBing CrosbyFred AstaireMarjorie ReynoldsAt an inn which is open only on holidays, a crooner and a hoofer vie for the affections of a beautiful up-and-coming performer.Paramount, dir. Sandrich; 8-
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2018/02/holiday-inn-1942-8.html - DirectorErle C. KentonStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloVirginia BruceA pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat trip that finds them on a tropical island, where a jewel thief has sinister plans for them.Universal, dir. Kenton; 6. Tip, Tap & Toe; Dunham native dance design.
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2018/02/pardon-my-sarong-1942-6.html - DirectorArchie MayoStarsGeorge MontgomeryAnn RutherfordGlenn Miller and His OrchestraConnie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison's band rolls into town. She is swept off her feet by trumpeter Bill Abbot. After marrying him, she joins the bands tour and learns about life as an orchestra wife, weathering the catty attacks of the other band wives.Fox, dir. Mayo; 7+. Nicholas Bros.
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2018/02/orchestra-wives-1942-7.html - DirectorH. Bruce HumberstoneStarsSonja HenieJohn PayneJack OakieMarine James Murfin, is unaware of Icelandic customs. When he flirts with Katina, her Icelandic family take his actions as a proposal of marriage to her. Desperately wanting out, James gets his buddy to help him. Good Luck.Fox, dir. Humberstone; 7-
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2018/02/iceland-1942-7.html - DirectorNorman Z. McLeodRoy Del RuthVincente MinnelliStarsRed SkeltonAnn SothernRags RaglandSailors suspicious of spies and a singer who is in love enjoy life in the Canal Zone.MGM, dir. McLeod, Del Ruth, Minnelli; 6+. Berry Bros.
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2018/02/panama-hattie-1942-6.html - DirectorWilliam A. SeiterStarsFred AstaireRita HayworthAdolphe MenjouIn Buenos Aires, a man who has decreed that his daughters must marry in order of age allows an American dancer to perform at his club under the condition that he play suitor to his second-oldest daughter.Columbia, dir. Seiter; 8
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2018/02/you-were-never-lovelier-1942-8.html - DirectorErle C. KentonStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloGrace McDonaldThe horse of a street vendor is replaced by a racehorse.Universal, dir. Kenton; 6. Four Step Brothers
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2018/02/it-aint-hay-1943-6.html - DirectorNorman TaurogStarsJudy GarlandVan HeflinFay BainterSmall-town Indiana girl Lily Mars dreams to be a stage actress. She begs visiting Broadway producer John Thornway for a role but he dismisses her as an amateur. She follows him to New York and worms her way into his show, and his heart.MGM, dir. Taurog; 6+. For finale, scenes 28-9 with Charles Walters.
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2018/02/presenting-lily-mars-1943-6.html - DirectorWalter LangStarsBetty GrableGeorge MontgomeryCesar RomeroSet at the turn of the century, smooth talking con man Eddie Johnson weasels his way into a job at friend and rival Joe Rocco's Coney Island night spot. Eddie meets the club's star attraction (and Joe's love interest), Kate Farley, a brash singer with a penchant for flashy clothes. Eddie and Kate argue as he tries to soften her image. Eventually, Kate becomes the toast of Coney Island and the two fall in love. Joe then tries to sabotage their marriage plans.Fox, dir. Lang; 8-. BG, finale w/Hermes Pan.
https://bdrdiary.blogspot.com/2018/02/coney-island-1943-8-color.html - DirectorEdward H. GriffithStarsFred AstaireJoan LeslieRobert BenchleyFred Atwell sneaks away from his famous squadron's personal appearance tour and goes incognito for several days off.RKO, dir. Griffith; 7-
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