William Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 ad in The Film Daily, 1929
Fox Movietone Follies of 1929, also known as Movietone Follies of 1929 and The William Fox Movietone Follies of 1929, is an American sound (All-Talking) Pre-Codemusical film released by Fox Film Corporation. This lavishly produced film featured color sequences in the Multicolor process in some of the revue scenes.
George Shelby, a boy from the Southern United States, comes to the city to dissuade Lila, his sweetheart, from embarking on a stage career and finally buys out the controlling interest in the revue so that he can fire her. On the opening night, however, she goes onstage when the prima donna of the show becomes temperamental, and she proves to be a big hit. At this development, George is able to sell the show back to the producer, who had previously lacked confidence in his investment and planned to take advantage of the youth's inexperience.
About 2025, some fragments of the film have been found and posted online, and audio elements of the 1929 film still survive. Specifically, "Movietone Sound-on-Disc" audio for reels 6 and 7 still survive, offering the only record of dialogue and music taken directly from the movie.[6]
1 2 Bradley, Edwin M. (2004). The First Hollywood Musicals: A Critical Filmography of 171 Features, 1927 Through 1932. McFarland. pp.42–43. ISBN0-7864-2029-4.
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