George White's 1935 Scandals
{{short description|1935 American musical film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = George White's 1935 Scandals
| image = George Whites 1935 Scandals - 1935 Poster.jpg
| caption = 1935 Theatrical Poster
| director = George White
Harry Lachman (uncredited)
| producer = Winfield R. Sheehan (Uncredited)
George White
| writer = George White (Concept)
| story = David Freedman
Sam Hellman
Gladys Lehman
| screenplay = Patterson McNutt
Jack Yellen
| starring = Alice Faye
James Dunn
Cliff Edwards
| music = Hugo Friedhofer (Uncredited)
| cinematography = George Schneiderman
| editing = Robert Bischoff (Uncredited)
| distributor = Fox Film Corporation
| released = {{Film date|1935|03|29}}
| runtime = 84 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
George White's 1935 Scandals is an American musical film, written by Jack Yellen, directed by George White and Harry Lachman, and produced in 1935 by Fox Film Corporation. It was a follow-up to (but not a sequel to) the 1934 release, George White's Scandals.
Plot
The film centers on real-life stage and screen producer George White as he gathers acts for his new Broadway revue. At the top of his list is blonde Alice Faye. Also appearing in the film was James Dunn and Cliff Edwards.
George White's 1935 Scandals is best remembered as the major film debut of a young dancer named Eleanor Powell, here performing a "specialty dance". Powell, already a Broadway star, had played bit parts in a couple of films prior to this, but Scandals was her first major film role. According to her introduction to the book Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance, a mix-up in the make-up department resulted in her being made to look almost Egyptian and she left the production so disenchanted with movie-making, she initially rejected a contract offer by MGM that later in the year placed her in the popular Broadway Melody of 1936.
Reportedly, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson filmed a dance routine for this film, but it was cut. Actress Jane Wyman appeared in the film as an uncredited chorine.
Cast
- Alice Faye as Honey Walters
- James Dunn as Eddy Taylor
- Cliff Edwards as Dude Holloway
- Eleanor Powell as Marilyn Collins
- Emma Dunn as Aunt Jane Hopkins
- Arline Judge as Midge Malone
- Ned Sparks as Elmer White
- George White as George White
- The Scandals Beauties as George White's Scandals Beauties
- June Lang as Chorine (uncredited)
External links
- {{IMDb title|0026403}}
- {{TCMDb title|76126}}
- {{AFI film|7589}}
{{Harry Lachman}}
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Harry Lachman
Category:American musical films
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:English-language musical films
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