Glorifying the American Girl

Glorifying the American Girl

95 mins | Comedy, Music | Dec. 7, 1929

A young woman, who wants to be in the Follies, 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, who is in love with her, despite her single-minded interest in her career. When a vaudeville performer asks her to join him as his new partner, she sees it as an opportunity to make her dream come true. Upon arriving in New York City, our heroine finds out that her new partner is only interested in sleeping with her and makes this a condition of making her a star. Soon, however, she is discovered by a representative of Ziegfeld.

Glorifying the American Girl

95 mins | Comedy, Music | Dec. 7, 1929

Glorifying the American Girl
A young woman, who wants to be in the Follies, 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, who is in love with her, despite her single-minded interest in her career. When a vaudeville performer asks her to join him as his new partner, she sees it as an opportunity to make her dream come true. Upon arriving in New York City, our heroine finds out that her new partner is only interested in sleeping with her and makes this a condition of making her a star. Soon, however, she is discovered by a representative of Ziegfeld.
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers Paramount
Original title Glorifying the American Girl
Directors Millard Webb
Writers Irving Berlin

Cast

Mary Eaton

as Gloria Hughes

Eddie Cantor

as Self

Helen Morgan

as Self

Rudy Vallee

as Self

Dan Healy

as "Miller"

Kaye Renard

as "Mooney"

Edward Crandall

as Buddy

Gloria Shea

as Barbara

Sarah Edwards

as Mrs. Hughes

Noah Beery

as Self (uncredited)

Irving Berlin

as Self (uncredited)

Norman Brokenshire

as Self (voice) (uncredited)

Billie Burke

as Self (uncredited)

Desha Delteil

as Dancer (uncredited)

Charles B. Dillingham

as Self (uncredited)

Texas Guinan

as Self (uncredited)

Otto Kahn

as Self (uncredited)

Nancy Kelly

as Child (uncredited)

Ring Lardner

as Self (uncredited)

Bull Montana

as Customer Requesting "Baby Face" (uncredited)

Tony Sansone

as Harkrider's Finale Revue (uncredited)

Louis Sorin

as Tailor's Assistant (uncredited)

Jimmy Walker

as Self (uncredited)

Johnny Weissmüller

as Adonis in "Loveland" (uncredited)

Adolph Zukor

as Self (uncredited)

Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.

as Self (uncredited)