
Sally
Sally is a 1929 American sound (All-Talking) Pre-Code film. It is the fourth all-sound, all-color feature film made, and it was photographed in the Technicolor process. It was the sixth feature film to contain color that had been released by Warner Bros.; the first five were The Desert Song (1929), On with the Show! (1929), Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929), Paris (1929) and The Show of Shows (1929). (Song of the West was completed by June 1929, but had its release delayed until March 1930). Although exhibited in a few theaters in December 1929, Sally entered general release on January 12, 1930.
Plot
Sally is an orphan who had been abandoned as a baby. While living in an orphanage, she discovered the joy of dancing. In an attempt to save enough money to become a dancer, Sally began working odd jobs. While she is working as a waitress, a man named Blair comes to see her regularly, and they fall in love. However, Sally does not know that Blair has been forced by his family into an engagement with a socialite named Marcia.
More details
author | A. P. Younger Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. Guy Bolton P. G. Wodehouse Waldemar Young |
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director | John Francis Dillon |
editor | LeRoy Stone |
keywords | abandon dressing room florenz ziegfeld florenz ziegfeld jr. force married odd job opening night |
musicBy | Al Dubin Irving Berlin Jerome Kern |
nomination | Academy Award for Best Production Design |
productionCompany | First National Pictures |
publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
theme | dance |