The Girl from Calgary
Introduction '''''The Girl from Calgary''''' is a 1932 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Phil Whitman, and starring Fifi D'Orsay and Paul Kelly.
Plot summary A French-Canadian girl is a champion bronc rider and is also a nightclub singer. An ambitious young man sees her act one night and is struck by her talent, realizing that she is good enough to become a Broadway star.He convinces her to accompany him to New York, where she indeed does become a Broadway star. However, the young man finds himself being squeezed out by greedy Broadway producers who see the talented young girl as their own personal gold mine.
Cast *Fifi D'Orsay as Fifi Follette*Paul Kelly as Larry Boyd*Robert Warwick as Bill Webster*Edwin Maxwell as Earl Darrell*Astrid Allwyn as Mazie Williams*Edward Fetherston as Monte Cooper*Adrienne Dore as Lulu, Darrell's secretary (uncredited)
Production background * The first reel, with an elaborate musical number, is taken from ''The Great Gabbo'' (1929) which had at least one sequence filmed in Multicolor. * When originally released, the first reel of ''The Girl From Calgary'', approximately seven minutes including the title credits, was in 2-strip Magnacolor. Reviewers at the time commented on the poor quality of the color, registration problems, and lack of focus. In surviving prints, this sequence is in black-and-white, with a replaced title card that includes a 1951 copyright statement.
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See also * List of early color feature films
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