A 19-minute tap-dancing fever dream where jazz rebellion meets parental blackmail.
Hal and Mitzi have known each other since they were babies. Tap dancer Hal now works as a window dresser in Blake's Department Store, owned by Mitzi's dad. Mr. Blake hates jazz music and dancing. He refuses to let Mitzi marry Hal, because Hal's ambition is to be a dancer on stage. When Mitzi reveals a secret about Mrs. Blake's past, her father soon changes his tune.
Practical Effects
Hal Le Roy's feet move faster than the plot, and that's saying something.
Costume
Depression-era department store chic hits different.
Director
Alfred J. Goulding
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pre-Code Hollywood let characters get away with blackmailing parents and pursuing 'improper' careers — the Hays Code would soon clamp down on this kind of moral flexibility.
Hal Le Roy was RKO's answer to Fred Astaire, though history had other plans. This short is basically his 19-minute audition for immortality.
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