The Broadway Hoofer

The Broadway Hoofer

63 mins | Music | Dec. 15, 1929

Broadway dancing star Adele Dorey who, overworked and exhausted, suddenly ups and leaves New York in favor of a country village. But when promoter Bobby Lewis (Egan) of the barnstorming Gay Girlies Burlesque Company arrives in town, he picks an incognito Adele among all the pretty village girls to star in his new show. On a lark, Adele introduces her maid Jane (Louise Fazenda) as her mother and accepts a contract. When Adele's identity is finally revealed, the slumming star apologizes for her deception by offering Bobby a Broadway job.

The Broadway Hoofer

63 mins | Music | Dec. 15, 1929

The Broadway Hoofer
Broadway dancing star Adele Dorey who, overworked and exhausted, suddenly ups and leaves New York in favor of a country village. But when promoter Bobby Lewis (Egan) of the barnstorming Gay Girlies Burlesque Company arrives in town, he picks an incognito Adele among all the pretty village girls to star in his new show. On a lark, Adele introduces her maid Jane (Louise Fazenda) as her mother and accepts a contract. When Adele's identity is finally revealed, the slumming star apologizes for her deception by offering Bobby a Broadway job.
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title The Broadway Hoofer
Directors George Archainbaud
Writers Gladys Lehman

Cast

Marie Saxon

as Adele

Jack Egan

as Bobby

Louise Fazenda

as Jane

Howard Hickman

as Larry

Ernest Hilliard

as Morton

Gertrude Short

as Annabelle

Eileen Percy

as Dolly

Fred MacKaye

as Billy

Billy Franey

as Baggage Man