Pointed Heels (1929)
Fay Wray plays a beautiful showgirl who falls for a rich Park Avenue guy played by Phillips Holmes. William Powell is a producer in love with Miss Wray, but he won't use his influence to take any advantage... as usual, he's a perfect gentleman.
- Date of release
- 1929-12-21
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 1m
- Genres
- Music, Comedy
- Director
- A. Edward Sutherland
Casting
- William Powell — Robert Courtland
- Helen Kane — Dot Nixon
- Fay Wray — Lora Nixon
- Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher — Dash Nixon
- Phillips Holmes — Donald Ogden
- Eugene Pallette — Joe Carrington
- Adrienne Dore — Kay Wilcox
- Virginia Bruce — Chorus Girl (uncredited)
- Jean Douglas — Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Pointed Heels is a 1929 American pre-Code musical comedy film from Paramount Pictures that was directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring William Powell, Helen Kane, Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, and Fay Wray.
Production
The film was based on a short story by Charles Brackett. According to David Lewis, "It was
beautifully written, but very thin in its development," so Lewis adapted it into a longer form which Paramount bought for $15,000.
A silent version of the film was released in the United States.
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