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Applause is a 1929 American backstage musical talkie directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Helen Morgan, Jack Cameron, and Joan Peers. It was shot at Paramount's Astoria Studios in Astoria, New York during the early years of sound films.
Applause: Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. With Helen Morgan, Joan Peers, Fuller Mellish Jr., Jack Cameron. A burlesque star seeks to keep her convent-raised daughter away from her low-down life and abusive lover/stage manager.
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- Drama, Musical, Romance
- Rouben Mamoulian
- 1930-01-04
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Sep 17, 2018 · Applause (1929) 4. ( 15) This early example of the “backstage” musical genre tells the story of Kitty Darling, a fading burlesque star who tries to save her convent-educated daughter April from following in Mom’s footsteps. Director: Rouben Mamoulian.
'Applause', starring a young Helen Morgan made up to look like a washed up burlesque star, is about a singer, Kitty Darling, who has a lowlife husband and a daughter hidden away in a convent. Things change when the money runs out and the daughter is recalled from her safe and cosy world.
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- Paramount Pictures
- Rouben Mamoulian
Applause (1929) In this early landmark backstage musical drama (tragedy) with innovative sound techniques and a constantly-moving camera, from director Rouben Mamoulian (his first film and first feature-length sound film) - the talkie film's main theme was to provide a realistic and cynical look at seamy backstage life:
Synopsis by Paul Brenner. Stage director Rouben Mamoulian jolted the (at the time) moribund sound-film industry with innovative sound experiments and revolutionary camera techniques with his electrifying feature-film debut Applause.
