Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 (1929)





Lila Beaumont is an understudy in a Broadway musical. Her boyfriend, George Shelby, arrives in New York hoping to take Lila back home with him to marry. George buys a majority interest in the show, planning to fire Lila after she refuses to quit the show. But when Lila goes on in place of the temperamental star, she is a great success and George is able to sell the show back to the original investors at a profit.


Vintage magazines

Photoplay , May 1929
Photoplay , July 1929
Photoplay , July 1929


Books with substantial mentioning of Fox Movietone Follies of 1929

Edwin M. Bradley
The first Hollywood musicals, A critical filmography of 171 features, 1927 through 1932
Jefferson, N.C., 1996
pp. 41-43 info

Books with an entry on Fox Movietone Follies of 1929

Aubrey Solomon
The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935, A history and filmography
Jefferson, N.C., 2011