Close Harmony (1929)
YOU WILL ADORE THE FLAMING CARROLL GIRL AND HER JAZZ-MAD HERO "BUDDY"
70 min
Marjorie, a song-and-dance girl in the stage show of a palatial movie theater, becomes interested in Al West, a warehouse clerk who has put together an unusual jazz band, and uses her influence to get him a place on one of the programs. Max Mindel, the house manager, has a yen for Marjorie and, discovering that she is in love with Al, gives the band notice and hires harmony singers Barney & Bey as a replacement. Marjorie makes up to both men and soon breaks up the team. Al learns of her scheme, however, and makes her confess to the singers. Barney and Bey make up, and Max gives Al and his band one more chance. Al is a sensation, and Max offers him a contract for $1,000 a week.
- Release date
- April 12, 1929
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Charles 'Buddy' Rogers as Al West
- Nancy Carroll as Marjorie Merwin
- Harry Green as Max Mindel
- Jack Oakie as Ben Barney
- Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher as Johnny Bay
- Matty Roubert as Bert
- Ricca Allen as Mrs. Prosser
- Wade Boteler as Police Officer Kelly
- Baby Mack as Syvil
- Oscar Smith as George Washington Brown
Crew
- John Cromwell · Director
- A. Edward Sutherland · Director
- Elsie Janis · Writer
- Gene Markey · Writer
- Percy Heath · Writer
- John V.A. Weaver · Writer
- J. Roy Hunt · Cinematographer
- Tay Malarkey · Editor