Pointed Heels (1929)
- Directed by
- A. Edward Sutherland
- Genre
- musical film, musical comedy
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 02m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 6 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young woman working in a Broadway show gets involved in the romances of two men. One is her wealthy fiance, and the other is a songwriter she really likes. The movie includes musical numbers and a ballet performance.
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What happens
Pointed Heels is a 1929 American pre-Code 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. The UCLA Film & 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. The film entered the public domain on January 1, 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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