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| writer = [[Jack Henley]]<br>Cyrus Wood |
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| starring = [[Hal Le Roy]]<br>[[June Allyson]] |
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| music = [[Sammy Cahn]]<br>[[Saul Chaplin]]<br>Cliff Hess |
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| music = [[Sammy Cahn]]<br>[[Saul Chaplin]]<br>Cliff Hess |
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| cinematography = Ray Foster |
| cinematography = Ray Foster |
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| editing = Bert Frank |
| editing = Bert Frank |
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| distributor = [[Warner Bros.]] |
| distributor = [[Warner Bros.]] |
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| released = 1937 |
| released = {{Film date|1937}} |
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| runtime = 21 minutes |
| runtime = 21 minutes |
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| country = United States |
| country = United States |
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| language = English |
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==Synopsis== |
==Synopsis== |
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An elevator operator Harry Smith ([[Hal Le Roy]]), who works in a luxury hotel, courts the hotel president's daughter June Dailey ([[June Allyson]]). She is engaged to another, but when her |
An elevator operator Harry Smith ([[Hal Le Roy]]), who works in a luxury hotel, courts the hotel president's daughter June Dailey ([[June Allyson]]). She is engaged to another, but when her fiancé leaves on a business trip, Harry asks her to join him for dinner. |
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During dinner, Harry is introduced to her father, who misinterprets Harry's remarks about elevators as being a tip to invest in the Upsadaisy Elevator Company. June's |
During dinner, Harry is introduced to her father, who misinterprets Harry's remarks about elevators as being a tip to invest in the Upsadaisy Elevator Company. June's fiancé returns and breaks off the engagement, thinking that his prospective father-in-law has lost everything on a worthless stock. However, the investment turns out to be wildly profitable, Harry and June are engaged, and the film ends with them tap-dancing away in a production number dominated by a giant [[Ticker tape#Technology|stock ticker]] machine. |
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==Cast== |
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* Fred Hillebrand |
* Fred Hillebrand |
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* Alexander Campbell |
* Alexander Campbell |
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* Reed Brown |
* Reed Brown Jr. |
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* Toni Lane as herself (singer) |
* Toni Lane as herself (singer) |
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* The Deauville Boys as themselves (singers) |
* The Deauville Boys as themselves (singers) |
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==External links== |
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*{{IMDb title|id=0273637|title=Ups and Downs}} |
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[[Category:1937 films]] |
[[Category:1937 films]] |
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[[Category:1937 musical comedy films]] |
[[Category:1937 musical comedy films]] |
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[[Category:American musical comedy films]] |
[[Category:American musical comedy films]] |
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[[Category:Vitaphone short films]] |
[[Category:Vitaphone short films]] |
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[[Category:Warner Bros. short films]] |
[[Category:Warner Bros. short films]] |
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[[Category:American black-and-white films]] |
[[Category:American black-and-white films]] |
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[[Category:Films directed by Roy Mack]] |
[[Category:Films directed by Roy Mack]] |
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Latest revision as of 13:46, 22 December 2024
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| Directed by | Roy Mack |
| Written by | Jack Henley Cyrus Wood |
| Produced by | Vitaphone Corporation |
| Starring | Hal Le Roy June Allyson |
| Cinematography | Ray Foster |
| Edited by | Bert Frank |
| Music by | Sammy Cahn Saul Chaplin Cliff Hess |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 21 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Ups and Downs (1937) is a short film directed by Roy Mack and starring Broadway dancer Hal Le Roy. It was released by Warner Bros. as part of its Broadway Brevities series of two-reel musical shorts, released in 1937 and 1938.[1]
The film was made in New York City, and was Bronx native June Allyson's first film for a major studio.[2]
Synopsis
[edit]An elevator operator Harry Smith (Hal Le Roy), who works in a luxury hotel, courts the hotel president's daughter June Dailey (June Allyson). She is engaged to another, but when her fiancé leaves on a business trip, Harry asks her to join him for dinner.
During dinner, Harry is introduced to her father, who misinterprets Harry's remarks about elevators as being a tip to invest in the Upsadaisy Elevator Company. June's fiancé returns and breaks off the engagement, thinking that his prospective father-in-law has lost everything on a worthless stock. However, the investment turns out to be wildly profitable, Harry and June are engaged, and the film ends with them tap-dancing away in a production number dominated by a giant stock ticker machine.
Cast
[edit]- Hal Le Roy as Harry Smith
- June Allyson as June Daily
- Phil Silvers as Charlie
- Fred Hillebrand
- Alexander Campbell
- Reed Brown Jr.
- Toni Lane as herself (singer)
- The Deauville Boys as themselves (singers)
Home media
[edit]Ups and Downs appears as a special feature on the 2005 DVD of the film Stage Door.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Frank, Rusty E. 1994. Tap!: the greatest tap dance stars and their stories 1900–1955 . New York, New York: Da Capo Press, Inc., p. 307. ISBN 0-306-80635-5
- ^ Koszarski, Richard. 2008. Hollywood on the Hudson: Film and Television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff. Piscataway, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, p. 542. ISBN 978-0-8135-4293-5
- ^ Dab Callahan and Ed Gonzalez (February 21, 2005). "DVD Review: Stage Door". Slant Magazine. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
External links
[edit]- Ups and Downs at IMDb
- Ups and Downs at the TCM Movie Database
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