Show Folks (1928)

Eddie and Rita are a successful dancing duo, and they have romantic feelings for each other. However, after a disagreement, they split up their act. Rita discovers in a trade publication that Eddie is planning to marry another woman, so she signs a contract with Owens, a Broadway producer.

Eddie gets a new dance partner and is booked for an important show, but the performance is a disaster and his partner leaves him. Rita, who has become a star in Owens' revue, learns about what happened and tells Eddie that she has been fired. She proposes that they reunite their dancing act.

The audience loves the performance by Eddie and Rita, and backstage between encores, Rita tells Owens that she cannot marry him because she is in love with Eddie. Owens agrees to cancel her contract. The story ends with Eddie and Rita taking a final bow.

This is no "Excess Baggage," but it is another yarn about the struggles of theatrical people. No mental effort on your part is required. Everything that should happen next, happens next. The personality kid, Eddie Quillan, proves amusing.

Photoplay November 1928