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Ups and Downs
Ups and Downs
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	1937;
Running time	21 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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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

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

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

Ups and Downs appears as a special feature on the 2005 DVD of the film Stage Door.^[3]

References

^ 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

Ups and Downs at IMDb
Ups and Downs at the TCM Movie Database

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[1] 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

[2] 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

[3] Dab Callahan and Ed Gonzalez (February 21, 2005). "DVD Review: Stage Door". Slant Magazine. Retrieved March 24, 2012.

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-'''''Ups and Downs''''' ([[1937 in film|1937]]) is a [[short film]] released by [[Warner Brothers]] as part of Warner's "Broadway Brevities" series of two-reel musical shorts, released in 1937 and 1938. This entry starred Broadway dancer [[Hal Le Roy]] and was directed by [[Roy Mack (director)|Roy Mack]].<ref>Frank, Rusty E. 1994. ''Tap!: the greatest tap dance stars and their stories 1900–1955 ''. New York, New York: De Capo Press, Inc., p. 307. ISBN 0-306-80635-5</ref>
+'''''Ups and Downs''''' (1937) is a [[short film]] directed by [[Roy Mack (director)|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.<ref>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}}</ref>
-The film was made in New York City, and was [[Bronx]] native [[June Allyson]]'s first film for a major studio.<ref>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</ref>
+The film was made in New York City, and was [[Bronx]] native [[June Allyson]]'s first film for a major studio.<ref>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}}</ref>
 ==Synopsis==
-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 fiance leaves on a business trip, Harry asks her to join him for dinner.
+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 Ups and Downs Elevator Company. June's fiance returns and breaks off the engagement, thinking that his prospective father-in-law has lost everything on a worthless stock. The investment turns out to be wildly profitable, though, Harry and June are engaged, and the film ends with them tap-dancing away in a production number dominated by a giant [[ticker tape|stock ticker]] machine.
+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.
 ==Cast==
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 * Fred Hillebrand
 * Alexander Campbell
-* Reed Brown, Jr.
+* Reed Brown Jr.
 * Toni Lane as herself (singer)
 * The Deauville Boys as themselves (singers)
 ==Home media==
-''Ups and Downs'' appears as a special feature on the 2005 DVD of the film ''[[Stage Door]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/review/stage-door/564 |title=DVD Review: Stage Door|author=Dab Callahan and Ed Gonzalez|publisher=Slant Magazine|date=February 21, 2005 |work=|accessdate=March 24, 2012}}</ref>
+''Ups and Downs'' appears as a special feature on the 2005 DVD of the film ''[[Stage Door]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/review/stage-door/564 |title=DVD Review: Stage Door|author=Dab Callahan and Ed Gonzalez|publisher=Slant Magazine|date=February 21, 2005 |access-date=March 24, 2012}}</ref>
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
-*{{IMDb title|id=0273637|title=Ups and Downs}}
+* {{IMDb title|id=0273637|title=Ups and Downs}}
+* {{tcmdb title|id=400265}}
 [[Category:1937 films]]
-[[Category:1930s musical comedy films]]
+[[Category:1937 musical comedy films]]
 [[Category:American musical comedy films]]
-[[Category:American films]]
 [[Category:Vitaphone short films]]
 [[Category:Warner Bros. short films]]
+[[Category:American black-and-white films]]
+[[Category:Films directed by Roy Mack]]
+[[Category:1930s American films]]
 {{musical-comedy-film-stub}}