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Puttin' on the Ritz (1930)

Puttin' on the Ritz poster
Directed by
Edward Sloman
Genre
drama film, musical film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A showman tries to make it big in show business in New York. He meets a woman and they have adventures together.

lightheartedmusicalbriskplayfulglamorousnostalgicenergetic

What happens

Puttin' On the Ritz is a 1930 American pre-Code musical film directed by Edward Sloman and starring Harry Richman, Joan Bennett, and James Gleason. The screenplay was written by Gleason and William K. Wells based on a story by John W. Considine Jr. It was the first of many films to feature the popular song "Puttin' On the Ritz", which was written and published by Irving Berlin in 1929. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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