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Sally is a 1929 American Pre-Code film. It is the fourth all-sound, all-color feature film made, and it was photographed in the Technicolor process. It was the sixth feature film to contain color that had been released by Warner Bros.; the first five were The Desert Song (1929), On with the Show!
Sally: Directed by John Francis Dillon. With Marilyn Miller, Alexander Gray, Joe E. Brown, T. Roy Barnes. Sally was an orphan who got her name from the telephone exchange where she was abandoned as a baby. In the orphanage, she discovered the joy of dancing and has been practicing since.
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- Musical
- John Francis Dillon
- 1930-01-12
Encouraged to dance for the customers, Sally is a sensation, and when Hooper engages her to impersonate a Russian dancer who has eloped, she and Connie are lionized at Mrs. Ten Brock's party. When Sally learns Farquar is engaged to Marcia, however, she leaves the party in despair.
Nominated for Best Art Direction, Sally is an adapted musical (from Ziegfeld) starring the original actress from the stage show (at a fee of $100,000), and one of the first all-color films (though only Black and White exists today).
- John Francis Dillon
- First National Pictures
Sally is a 1929 American Pre-Code film. It is the fourth all-sound, all-color feature film made, and it was photographed in the Technicolor process. It was the sixth feature film to contain color that had been released by Warner Bros.; the first five were The Desert Song (1929), On with the Show!
Sally (1929) From waitress to Broadway star! In her first of only three films, 1920s Broadway sensation Miller recreates one of her greatest stage hits in Sally. 24 1 h 40 min 1930.
Synopsis by Hans J. Wollstein. Recreating her famous Broadway role from 1920, former Ziegfeld star Marilyn Miller took to the Warner Bros. soundstages with the energy that had made her a household name. Miller is Sally Bowling Green, an orphan named after a telephone exchange.
