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Wikipedia article
, William Powell and Fay Wray in 'Pointed Heels' (1929)
'Pointed Heels' is a 1929 American pre-Code early sound musical comedy film from Paramount Pictures that was directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring William Powell, Helen Kane, Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, and Fay Wray. This film was originally filmed in color sequences by Technicolor, but today those color sequences only survive in black-and-white. One of these color sequences was the "Pointed Heels" ballet with Albertina Rasch and her Dancers.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020278/ IMDB entry]
The UCLA Film and Television Archive has a complete copy of this film with all color sequences, but has not released it to anyone. Turner Classic Movies airs the black-and-white television copy of this film. A print screened at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles in 2009 contained the color ballet sequence. Universal owns the copyright and has not allowed a release of the restored version on TCM or Blu-Ray.
Cast
*William Powell as Robert Courtland
*Helen Kane as Dorothea 'Dot' Nixon
*Fay Wray as Lora Nixon
*Richard "Skeets" Gallagher as Dash Nixon
*Phillips Holmes as Donald Ogden
*Eugene Pallette as Joe Carrington
*Adrienne Dore as Kay Wilcox
*Albertina Rasch Dancers as Themselves (uncredited)
*Virginia Bruce as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Production
A silent version of the film was released in the United States.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/P/PointedHeels1929.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'Pointed Heels'] at silentera.com
See also
*List of early color feature films
References
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