Applause (1929)
This is a curious one. Helen Morgan is a beautiful girl famous as a singer of love songs, so they have her play, for most of the picture, a middle-aged and frowsy burlesque queen who emotes about her daughter instead of singing ballads. None the less, some brilliant acting by Morgan and by Joan Peers, a pretty ingenue, and some nice camera work, help save a confusing job. All Talkie.
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Books with substantial mentioning of Applause
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John White and Sabine Haenni (eds.) Fifty Key American Films London and New York, 2009 |
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David Thomson Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films New York, 2008 |
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Edwin M. Bradley The first Hollywood musicals, A critical filmography of 171 features, 1927 through 1932 Jefferson, N.C., 1996 pp. 249-252 
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Jerry Vermilye The Films of the Twenties Secaucus, NJ, 1985 |
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Stanley Hochman (editor) From Quasimodo to Scarlett O'Hara, A National Board of Review Anthology 1920 - 1940 New York, 1982 |
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Books with an entry on Applause
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Jay Robert Nash, Stanley Ralph Ross The Motion Picture Guide, Volume I A-B 1927-1983 Chicago, 1985 |
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Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor The American movies reference book, The sound era Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969 |
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Articles on Applause
| Richard Koszarski, "The Greatest Film Paramount Ever Made", in: Film History, vol. 15, 2003 pp. 436-443 |