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Blondie of the Follies

  • 19321932
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
1.2K
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Marion Davies and Billie Dove in Blondie of the Follies (1932)
  • Comedy
  • Musical
Two young women find their friendship strained when one wins a role in a Broadway show, and the other's boyfriend begins to fall for her.Two young women find their friendship strained when one wins a role in a Broadway show, and the other's boyfriend begins to fall for her.Two young women find their friendship strained when one wins a role in a Broadway show, and the other's boyfriend begins to fall for her.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
1.2K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Edmund Goulding
  • Writers
    • Frances Marion(story)
    • Anita Loos(dialogue)
    • Ralph Spence(contributing writer)
  • Stars
    • Marion Davies
    • Robert Montgomery
    • Billie Dove
Top credits
  • Director
    • Edmund Goulding
  • Writers
    • Frances Marion(story)
    • Anita Loos(dialogue)
    • Ralph Spence(contributing writer)
  • Stars
    • Marion Davies
    • Robert Montgomery
    • Billie Dove
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    • 17User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Robert Montgomery in Blondie of the Follies (1932)
    Marion Davies and Robert Montgomery in Blondie of the Follies (1932)
    Robert Montgomery in Blondie of the Follies (1932)
    Marion Davies and Billie Dove in Blondie of the Follies (1932)
    Marion Davies and Billie Dove in Blondie of the Follies (1932)
    Marion Davies and Billie Dove in Blondie of the Follies (1932)
    Marion Davies and Robert Montgomery in Blondie of the Follies (1932)
    Marion Davies and Billie Dove in Blondie of the Follies (1932)
    Marion Davies and Billie Dove in Blondie of the Follies (1932)
    Marion Davies and Robert Montgomery in Blondie of the Follies (1932)
    Marion Davies and Billie Dove in Blondie of the Follies (1932)

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    Marion Davies
    Marion Davies
    • Blondie McCluneas Blondie McClune
    Robert Montgomery
    Robert Montgomery
    • Larry Belmontas Larry Belmont
    Billie Dove
    Billie Dove
    • Lottie Callahan aka Lurline Cavanaughas Lottie Callahan aka Lurline Cavanaugh
    Jimmy Durante
    Jimmy Durante
    • Jimmyas Jimmy
    James Gleason
    James Gleason
    • Pa (Lou)McCluneas Pa (Lou)McClune
    Zasu Pitts
    Zasu Pitts
    • Gertieas Gertie
    Sidney Toler
    Sidney Toler
    • Peteas Pete
    Douglass Dumbrille
    Douglass Dumbrille
    • Murchensonas Murchenson
    Sarah Padden
    Sarah Padden
    • Ma McCluneas Ma McClune
    Louise Carter
    Louise Carter
    • Ma Callahanas Ma Callahan
    Clyde Cook
    Clyde Cook
    • Danceras Dancer
    Rocky Twins
    Rocky Twins
    • The Rocky Twins - Dance Duoas The Rocky Twins - Dance Duo
    Oscar Apfel
    Oscar Apfel
    • Doctor Attending Paas Doctor Attending Pa
    • (uncredited)
    Max Barwyn
    Max Barwyn
    • Party Guestas Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    George Bookasta
    • Street Kidas Street Kid
    • (uncredited)
    George Cooper
    George Cooper
    • O'Brien - Stage Manageras O'Brien - Stage Manager
    • (uncredited)
    John Davidson
    John Davidson
    • Party Guestas Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Dorothy Dixon
    • Acrobatic Danceras Acrobatic Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Edmund Goulding
    • Writers
      • Frances Marion(story) (screen play)
      • Anita Loos(dialogue)
      • Ralph Spence(contributing writer) (uncredited)
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    Storyline

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    Blondie, a New York tenement dweller, and Lurlene are best friends. When Lurlene makes the cast of a big Broadway show, she arranges for Blondie to join the cast as well. But the friendship goes awry when Lurlene's sweetheart, wealthy Larry Belmont, catches Blondie's act and falls for the fair-haired newcomer. Though she is attracted to Larry as well, Blondie spurns his attentions out of loyalty to her friend. But the attraction proves to be stronger than any of them could have imagined. —Dan Navarro <daneldorado@yahoo.com>
    • dog
    • yacht
    • crutches
    • father daughter relationship
    • speakeasy
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      • CONGRATULATIONS to the greatest Cast of Stars since "Grand Hotel"!
    • Genres
      • Comedy
      • Musical
    • Certificate
      • Passed
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    • Trivia
      Final film of Billie Dove. NOTE: She retired after this film both to raise a family and in anger at the "behind-the-scenes" interference from William Randolph Hearst, Marion Davies' lover and the producer of the film. Dove appeared in a small part 30 years later in Diamond Head (1962), but her scene was eventually cut from the film before its release.
    • Goofs
      At age 35, Marion Davies was at least ten years too old to be playing a newbie, still virginal, follies girl.
    • Quotes

      Pete: Sock the rich. If they bring in that new income tax, oh boy, that'll scorch them.

    • Connections
      Featured in Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood (2000)
    • Soundtracks
      Good Night My Love
      (1932) (uncredited)

      Written by Harry Tobias, Gus Arnheim and Neil Moret (as Jules Lemare)

    User reviews17

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    Top review
    7/10
    This is MGM?...
    The hardscrabble tenement streets shriek of Warner Brothers (though the movie moves from them soon enough), and the slanginess and very pre-Code suggestiveness of pretty young things kept in lavish Deco apartments is rather hard-boiled for the Ars Gratia Artis studio, too. And it's a strange brew, halfway between enjoyable, rude comedy and sentimental soap opera, with the likable Davies and the hard-staring Dove slugging it out for the affections of Robert Montgomery in his leading-man-opposite-MGM-leading-lady days. He's a drunk and a playboy, but also, we are led to believe, a decent and sacrificing guy. The friendship between Davies and Dove is convincing and touching (though it takes some unconvincingly abrupt turns), and Anita Loos could write girl-talk dialog with the best of them. There are also a couple of father-daughter scenes between Davies and the always wonderful James Gleason that will just break your heart. But the movie does keep skirting credibility (could the exquisite Davies and Zasu Pitts really spring from the same gene pool?), and Davies' Act Three laugh-clown-laugh, smile-through-tears demeanor is close to self-parody. Most jarring of all is dragging in Jimmy Durante for five minutes of hideously unfunny special material, including a strained sendup of "Grand Hotel" (also directed by Edmund Goulding) that serves mainly to remind one of Davies' limitations. A fun flick all in all, but when it came to hard-boiled dames and backstage melo, MGM wasn't really at the forefront.
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    • marcslope
    • Apr 26, 2005

    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 1, 1932 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Good Time Girl
    • Filming locations
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
      • Cosmopolitan Productions
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    • Budget
      • $602,620 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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