Applause

Applause (1929)

This early example of the "backstage" musical genre tells the story of Kitty Darling, a fading burlesque star who tries to save her convent-educated daughter April from following in mom's footsteps.

Data lansării
1929-10-07
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (27)
Durată
1 h 20 min
Genuri
Muzică, Dramă
Regizor
Rouben Mamoulian

Distribuție

Curiozități

  • Filmat în: New York City

Applause is a 1929 pre-Code American backstage musical "talkie" directed by Rouben Mamoulian in his directorial debut and starring Helen Morgan, Jack Cameron, and Joan Peers. It was shot at Paramount's Astoria Studios in Astoria, New York during the early years of sound films.

Production

Broadway stage producer Rouben Mamoulian was engaged by Jesse Lasky and Walter Wanger of Paramount studios to direct a film based on the Beth Brown novel Applause (1928) The picture was filmed in Astoria Studios in New York, rather than in Hollywood, California.

Helen Morgan, a widely acclaimed torch singer, had recently achieved fame playing the tragic honky-tonk girl Julie Laverne in the Broadway production of Show Boat (1926)

The 26-year-old Morgan was enlisted to play the aging and "ravaged" cabaret singer, Kitty Darling, a mother to a 17-year-old daughter, Kitty (played by Joan Peers). For her first film role, Morgan put on 25 pounds (11 kg) and donned wigs and "unflattering" outfits, concealing her actual attractiveness, and producing a haggard, bloated appearance.

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