1930 film
Queen High is the title of an American pre-Code musical comedy film, produced by Paramount Pictures in 1930. Based upon the 1926 stage musical Queen High that Buddy DeSylva, Lewis Gensler, and Laurence Schwab had adapted from Edward Peple's 1914 farce A Pair of Sixes.
The film stars Charlie Ruggles, Frank Morgan, and Ginger Rogers in one of her earliest film appearances. Making her first film appearance in an uncredited bit part is tap dancer Eleanor Powell, whose career in musicals would not 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. Both Rogers and Powell were still in their teens.[citation needed] Principal photography took place in Astoria Studios in Queens.[1]
Plot
A rivalry between two businessmen results in a game of poker. Whoever loses the game becomes the winner's servant for a year.
Cast
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
- Written by Arthur Schwartz and Ralph Rainger
- 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
Preservation
Though part of the 700 or so films Paramount sold to Universal, the film is preserved in the Library of Congress with a copy.[2]
References
- ^ Edwin M. Bradley (2016). Unsung Hollywood Musicals of the Golden Era: 50 Overlooked Films and Their Stars, 1929-1939. Mcfarland. p. 34. ISBN 9781476624006.
- ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress (<-book title) p.147 c.1978 by The American Film Institute
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