Pointed Heels

Pointed Heels
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Directed byA. Edward Sutherland
Written byFlorence Ryerson
John V.A. Weaver
Story byCharles Brackett
StarringWilliam Powell
Helen Kane
Fay Wray
Richard "Skeets" Gallagher
CinematographyAllen G. Siegler
Rex Wimpy (uncredited)
Edited byJane Loring (uncredited)
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • December 27, 1929 (1929-12-27)
[1]
Running time
61 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Phillips Holmes, William Powell and Fay Wray in Pointed Heels (1929)

Pointed Heels is a 1929 American pre-Code early sound musical comedy film from Paramount Pictures that was directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring William Powell, Helen Kane, Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, and Fay Wray. This film was originally filmed in color sequences by Technicolor, but today those color sequences only survive in black-and-white. One of these color sequences was the "Pointed Heels" ballet with Albertina Rasch and her Dancers.[2]

The UCLA Film and Television Archive has a complete copy of this film with all color sequences, but has not released it to anyone. Turner Classic Movies airs the black-and-white television copy of this film. A print screened at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles in 2009 contained the color ballet sequence. Universal owns the copyright and has not allowed a release of the restored version.[citation needed]

Plot

Cast

Production

A silent version of the film was released in the United States.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ New York Daily News 27 Dec 1929, p 36.
  2. ^ IMDB entry
  3. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Pointed Heels at silentera.com


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