High Society Blues
1930 film
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High Society Blues is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic musical film starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. The movie was written by Howard J. Green from the story by Dana Burnett, and directed by David Butler.
from the story by Dana Burnett
Charles Farrell
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 original theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | David Butler |
| Written by | Howard J. Green from the story by Dana Burnett |
| Produced by | William Fox |
| Starring | Janet Gaynor Charles Farrell |
| Cinematography | Charles Van Enger |
| Edited by | Irene Morra |
| Music by | R. H. Bassett Samuel Kaylin |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Gaynor and Farrell made almost a dozen films together, including Frank Borzage's classics Seventh Heaven (1927), Street Angel (1928), and Lucky Star (1929); Gaynor won the first Academy Award for Best Actress for the first two and F. W. Murnau's Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927).
Plot
A new country family comes to live among established wealthy neighbors.
Cast
- Janet Gaynor as Eleanor Divine
- Charles Farrell as Eddie Granger
- William Collier Sr. as Horace Divine
- Hedda Hopper as Mrs. Divine
- Joyce Compton as Pearl Granger
- Lucien Littlefield as Eli Granger
- Louise Fazenda as Mrs. Granger
- Brandon Hurst as Jowles
External links
Media related to High Society Blues (1930 film) at Wikimedia Commons
- High Society Blues at IMDb
- Janet Gaynor, Hedda Hopper in a scene from the film
- 1930: Hedda Hopper High Society Blues vintage photo W554 (scene with the main cast)
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