Sally (1929 film)

Sally is a 1929 American PreCode film. It is the fourth all talking allcolor feature movie ever made and was photographed in the Technicolor process. It was the sixth feature movie to contain color that had been released by Warner Bros., the first five were The Desert Song 1929, On with the Show 1929, Gold Diggers of Broadway 1929, Paris 1929, and The Show of Shows 1929. Song of the West was actually completed by June 1929 but had its release delayed until March 1930. Although exhibited in a few select theatres in December 1929, Sally only went into general release on January 12, 1930.

Sally Marilyn Miller plays the part of an orphan who had been abandoned as a baby at the Bowling Green telephone exchange. While growing up in an orphanage, she discovered the joy of dancing. In an attempt to save money enough to become a dancer, Sally began working at odd jobs. While working as a waitress, a man named Blair Alexander Gray begins coming to her work regularly to see her. They both soon fall for each other.Sally, however, does not know that Blair has been forced into an engagement by his family with a socialite named Marcia Nora Lane. One day, a theatrical agent shows up at Sallys work T. Roy Barnes and gives her a chance to audition for a job. Sally, however, ends up losing her job and the opportunity when she drops a tray of food into Barnes lap. Eventually, Sally gets another job at the Elm Tree Inn, which is managed by Ford Sterling. Blair drops in one day and immediately takes an interest in Sally. He convinces Sterling to have Sally dance for his customers. While she is performing one day, the theatrical agent T. Roy Barnes notices her and convinces Sally to impersonate a famous Russian dancer named Noskerova at a party being given by Maude Turner Gordon. At that engagement, she is found to be an imposter and is asked to leave. Before Sally leaves, however, she hears the announcement of Blairs engagement to Marcia. Undaunted, she proceeds with her life and eventually becomes a star on Broadway. Unfortunately she never forgets Blair and becomes terribly depressed until... ........

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