Sweethearts on Parade (1930 film)
{{short description|1930 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Sweethearts on Parade
| image =File:Sweethearts on Parade (1930 film).jpg
| caption =
| director = Marshall Neilan
| producer = Al Christie
| writer = Alfred A. Cohn
Colin Clements
Jimmy Starr
| narrator =
| starring = Alice White
Lloyd Hughes
Marie Prevost
| music =
| cinematography = Gus Peterson
| editing = Sidney J. Walsh
| studio = Columbia Pictures
| distributor = Columbia Pictures
| released = {{film date|1930|09|28}}
| runtime = 65 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Sweethearts on Parade is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Marshall Neilan and starring Alice White, Lloyd Hughes, and Marie Prevost.Darby p.473 It was inspired by the Guy Lombardo recording "Sweethearts on Parade," a tune also adopted by Louis Armstrong in 1930.{{Cite book|last=Brothers|first=Thomas|title=Louis Armstrong: Master of Modernism|publisher=W.W. Norton & Company|year=2014|isbn=978-0-393-06582-4|location=New York, NY|pages=327}}
Plot
Helen and Nita work dressing windows in a department store, where Helen attracts the attention of both a marine and a millionaire.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Alice White as Helen
- Lloyd Hughes as Bill
- Marie Prevost as Nita
- Kenneth Thomson as Hendricks
- Ray Cooke as Hank
- Wilbur Mack as Parker
- Ernest Wood as Denham
- Max Asher as Store Manager
}}
References
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Bibliography
- Darby, William. Masters of Lens and Light: A Checklist of Major Cinematographers and Their Feature Films. Scarecrow Press, 1991.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0021442}}
- {{youTube|KDtrpM40nHE|Film clip with Alice White in a bathtub}}
{{Marshall Neilan}}
Category:1930 musical comedy films
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:American musical comedy films
Category:Films directed by Marshall Neilan
Category:Columbia Pictures films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:English-language musical comedy films
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