Lots of energy here and Marjorie White (in her film debut) probably comes off best.
No widescreen print of Happy Days is known to survive. Fox Film Corporation's heavy investment in Grandeur technology led to William Fox losing his business, which was eventually merged in 1935 with Twentieth Century Pictures to form 20th Century Fox.
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not one that gives as full a conception of the possibilities as future films of this type will probably do." Due to the Great Depression few movie theaters invested in widescreen equipment and the format was abandoned until 23 years later. However, he regarded the film itself as ". At a screening at the Roxy Theater, film critic Mordaunt Hall praised the cinematography, which was noted to be enhanced by the wider format. It was also shown in Grandeur at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles, from February 28, 1930. Performed by Victor McLaglen and Edmund LoweĪfter a preview on September 17, 1929, Happy Days premiered at the Roxy Theater in New York City on Februwith a Niagara Falls widescreen short on a Grandeur screen of 42x20 ft, compared to the standard 24x18 ft screen. Written by Harry Stoddard and Marcy Klauber Performed by Sharon Lynn and Ann Pennington Performed by Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell
Bing Crosby) and Georgie Jessel - not to mention an uncredited 14-year-old chorus girl named Betty Grable. Also on hand are Will Rogers, El Brendel, Walter Catlett (who also staged the musical numbers), Lew Brice (Fanny's brother), Dixie Lee (Mrs. By an amazing coincidence, virtually all of the showboat alumni are under contract to Fox Studios! Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell perform "We'll Build a Little World of Our Own," Victor McLaglen and Edmund Lowe kid their roughneck screen images in the novelty number "Vic and Eddie," Sharon Lynn and Ann Pennington offer the "hot" dance routine "Snake Hips," and "Whispering" Jack Smith offers a rendition of the title tune. When the Colonel faces foreclosure after several failing seasons, soubrette Margie (Marjorie White) stages a fund-raising revue on the boat, enlisting the aid of all the big stars who got their start with Batcher. Most of the film takes place on the showboat of Mississippi entrepreneur Colonel Billy Batcher (Charles E. Filmed in "Fox Grandeur," an early widescreen process, Happy Days was the immediate follow-up to Fox Studios' Movietone Follies of 1929.
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