Flirtation Walk
Flirtation Walk is a 1934 American romantic musical film written by Delmer Daves and Lou Edelman, and directed by Frank Borzage. It focuses on a soldier (Dick Powell) who falls in love with a general's daughter (Ruby Keeler) during the general's brief stop in Hawaii but is bereft when she leaves with her father for the Philippines before their relationship can blossom. They are re-united several years later when the soldier is about to graduate from West Point and the general becomes the Academy's Commandant.
Plot
Richard Palmer Grant Dorcy Jr., also known as "the Canary" and "the singing bird of the tropics," is an enlisted man in the United States Army. Stationed in the Hawaiian Islands, he has a contentious but friendly relationship with his sergeant, Scrapper Thornhill. When General Fitts visits the post with his daughter Kit on their way to Manila, Dick is assigned to drive her to a reception that evening. Falling victim to the moonlit night, Kit and Dick attend a luau instead, and he sings Aloha ‘Oe. They are discovered in each other's arms by Scrapper and Lieutenant Biddle, who is also in love with Kit. Biddle accuses Dick of ruining Kit's reputation and forcing her to accompany him off post. Dick decides to desert. Scrapper begs Kit to straighten things out with Biddle.
More details
author | Delmer Daves |
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director | Bobby Connelly Frank Borzage |
editor | William Holmes |
genre | drama |
keywords | desert desertion even fall female general first captain first class hawaiian islands lights out luau manila nothing sing territory of hawaii their way to the moon united states army west point |
musicBy | Allie Wrubel |
nomination | Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Sound |
producer | Robert Lord |
productionCompany | Warner Bros. |
publisher | Warner Bros. |
theme | musical drama romantic drama romantic musical |