Glorifying the American Girl (1929)

Directors

Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., John W. Harkrider, Millard Webb

Cast

Eddie Cantor, Helen Morgan, Johnny Weissmuller, Mary Eaton, Nancy Kelly, Rudy Vallée

The story

The plot involves a young woman, Gloria Hughes, who wants to be in the Follies, but in the meantime is making ends meet by working at a department store's sheet music department, where she sings the latest hits. She is accompanied on piano by her childhood boyfriend Buddy, who is in love with her, despite her single-minded interest in her career. When a vaudeville performer, Danny Miller, asks her to join him as his new partner, she sees it as an opportunity to make her dream come true.

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