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Street Girl
Also known as Otan i gynaika theli in Greece; Jozelle jazz club in Italy
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Nine reels / 8200 feet
Directed by Wesley Ruggles

Cast: Betty Compson [Frederika Joyzelle], John Harron [Mike Fall], Jack Oakie [Joe Spring], Ned Sparks [Happy Winter], Guy Buccola [Pete Summer], Joseph Cawthorn [Keppel, the café owner], Ivan Lebedeff [Prince Nicholaus of Aregon], Doris Eaton [the singer at the Club Joyzelle], Gus Arnheim and His Ambassadors [the band at the Club Joyzelle], Russ Columbo [a violinist in the band at the Club Joyzelle], Eddie Kane [Mr. Gilman, the Club Joyzelle manager], André Cheron [Prince Nicholaus’ aide], Florence Wix [Prince Nicholaus’s escort], Wilfrid North [a man accompanying Prince Nicholaus], Raymond Maurel [the vocalist at Little Aregon], William H. O’Brien [a waiter at the Club Joyzelle], June Clyde [a blonde woman at McGregor’s], Ellinor Vanderveer [the dowager at Little Aregon], Rolfe Sedan [a Little Aregon patron], voices of the Cimini Male Chorus

Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corporation production; distributed by RKO Distributing Corporation. / Produced by William LeBaron and Wesley Ruggles. Associate producer, Louis Sarecky + [Luther Reed]. Screenplay by Jane Murfin, from the screen story “The Viennese Charmer” by W. Carey Wonderly. Art direction by Max Rée. Costume design by Max Rée. Dance direction by Pearl Eaton. Cinematography by Leo Tover. Musical director, Victor Baravalle. Film editors, William Hamilton and Ann McKnight. / © 29 July 1929 by RKO Distributing Corporation [LP894]. Premiered 30 July 1929 in New York, New York. Released 21 August 1929. / Photophone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format [?] and Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? RCA Photophone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / The first RKO film production. The film was released in Finland on 20 April 1931. / Full-sound film.

Drama: Musical.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Keywords: Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 17 June 2010.

References: Jewell-RKO pp. 20, 103, 169 : Variety-19291030 p. 24 : Website-IMDb.

 
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