Queen High
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| Queen High | |
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 Film title card |
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| Directed by | Fred C. Newmeyer |
| Produced by | Frank Mandel Laurence Schwab |
| Written by | Musical play (Queen High): Buddy G. DeSylva Lewis E. Gensler Laurence Schwab |
| Starring | Charlie Ruggles Frank Morgan Ginger Rogers |
| Music by | Al Goodman Johnny Green |
| Cinematography | William O. Steiner |
| Editing by | Barney Rogan |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | August 23, 1930 |
| Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Queen High is the title of an early musical-comedy produced by Paramount Pictures in 1930.
Based upon a stage musical by Buddy DeSylva, Lewis Gensler, and Laurence Schwab, the storyline loosely concerns a rivalry between two businessmen that results in a game of poker. Whoever loses the game becomes the winner's servant for a year.
The film stars Charlie Ruggles, Frank Morgan, and Ginger Rogers in an early film appearance.
Making her very first film appearance in an uncredited bit part is famed tap dancer Eleanor Powell, whose career in musicals wouldn't take off for another five years. Powell was appearing on Broadway in a show entitled Follow Thru at the time, and a segment of the show was filmed for the movie.
[edit] Cast
- Charles Ruggles - T. Boggs Johns
- Frank Morgan - Mr. Nettleton
- Ginger Rogers - Polly Rockwell
- Stanley Smith - Dick Johns
- Helen Carrington - Mrs. Nettleton
- Rudolph Cameron - Cyrus Vanderholt
- Betty Garde - Florence Cole
- Theresa Maxwell Conover - Mrs. Rockwell
- Nina Olivette - Coddles
- Tom Brown - Jimmy
- Edith Sheldon - Dancer
- Theresa Klee -
- Dorothy Walters -
- Eleanor Powell- Dancer (uncredited)
[edit] Soundtrack
- "Everything Will Happen for the Best"
- Written by Buddy G. DeSylva and Lewis E. Gensler
- "Brother, Just Laugh It Off"
- Written by Arthur Schwartz and Ralph Rainger
- "I'm Afraid of You"
- Written by Arthur Schwartz and Ralph Rainger
- "It Seems to Me"
- Written by Howard Dietz (as Dick Howard) and Ralph Rainger
- "I Love the Girls in My Own Peculiar Way"
- Written by E.Y. Harburg and Henry Souvaine
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