The Vagabond Lover
RKO, 1929, B/W, 66 minutes, ***
Released December, 1929
Rudy Vallee croons his way through a zany musical about an amateur musician in search of work who impersonates a big band leader. With Sally Blaine, Marie Dressler.
Fun (and funny) musical comedy. A very early talkie - the sound is quite good, though the mixing is rather poor, since there were probably very few microphones in use, and microphones of that era were not very sensitive. Good example of early sound in film. Some of the acting (especially Vallee's) is atrocious, unintentionally adding to the comedy. But Marie Dressler is a scream, as always! Good storyline made all the more interesting by a glimpse of a period long gone (nearly 80 years ago), its historical significance and Rudy Vallee's music.
Produced by: Louis Sarecky
Associate Producer: Louis Sarecky
Directed by: Marshall Neilan
Screenplay by: James Ashmore Creelman
Music Director: Victor Barravalle
Song Score: various
Art Director: Max Ree
Recordist: John Tribby
Photographed by: Leo Tover
Film Editor: Arthur Roberts
Cast: Rudy Vallee [Rudy Bronson], Sally Blane [Jean], Marie Dressler [Mrs. Whitehall], Charles Sellon [Officer Tuttle], Nella Walker [Mrs. Todd Hunter], Eddie Nugent [Sport], Danny O'Shea [Sam], Alan Roscoe [Manager], The Connecticut Yankees [Themselves], Additional Cast: Malcolm Waite [Ted Grant]
Musical Program: [0:00] I'm Just a Vagabond Lover (sung by Rudy Vallee behind titles); [0:03] A Little Kiss Each Morning (instrumental excerpt played by Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees); [0:13] Nobody's Sweetheart (played by Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees, vocal by Rudy Vallee); [0:16] I Love You, Believe Me, I Love You (Dream of My Heart) (played by Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees, vocal by Rudy Vallee); [0:27] Georgie Porgie, Pudding and Pie (nursery rhyme put to music, sung by four orphan girls); [0:29] If You Were the Only Girl in the World (played by Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees, vocal by Rudy Vallee); [0:35] A Little Kiss Each Morning (played by Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees, vocal by Rudy Vallee); [0:53] I'm Just a Vagabond Lover (instrumental arrangement danced by Chorus Girls); [0:57] I Love You, Believe Me, I Love You (Dream of My Heart) (played by Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees, vocal by Rudy Vallee); [0:59] Then I'll Be Reminded of You (played by Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees, vocal by Rudy Vallee); [1:05] I'm Just a Vagabond Lover (short instrumental excerpt played at end of film
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