![]() ![]() ![]() The section on performers includes only those who appeared in shorts, listing dates and places of birth when known. ![]() For features, entries list release dates, genre, and major cast members. For shorts, the following particulars, if known and if applicable, are given: title, alternate title(s), instrumental and vocal selections performed on screen, composer(s) and performers of instrumental and vocal selections, release date and synopsis of the film, names of major cast members and directors, set information if two or fewer sets were used, and the amount paid to early performers. The New York productions (1926–1940) are listed first, followed by the West Coast productions (1927–1970). An executive hires a mousy, plain woman as his secretary so she will not divert him from his work, but she still becomes determined to win his heart. With Marian Marsh, David Manners, Warren William, Charles Butterworth. The first section lists the features and shorts by release number. Beauty and the Boss: Directed by Roy Del Ruth. Marian Marsh portrays the emerging beauty and Warren William is the boss in this second and last pairing of the stars of Under 18. This book is a catalogue of Vitaphone features and shorts. A Depression-era working girl goes from ugly duckling to graceful swan, and wish-fulfillment reigns in Beauty and the Boss, a sometimes racy pre-Production Code comedy. The Vitaphone features and shorts that have survived intact, or that have been so carefully restored, preserve much of the show business history that might otherwise have been lost with the industry’s fast-paced advances in movie making. ![]() formed in association with Western Electric, was one of the major producers of talkies, even though its sound-on-disc technology barely lasted four years. The headline of the Variety extra on October 27, 1926, proclaimed “Vitaphone1 Thrills L.A.!” Vitaphone, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. ![]()
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