Puttin' on the Ritz

Puttin' on the Ritz

5.61930· 88 min· USA
Musical

Crooner Harry Raymond and best friend James Tierney are working for a musical promoter when they meet Dolores Fenton who is trying to make ends meet by selling one of her songs. Raymond collaborates with Miss Fenton on her music but gets fired overzealoulsy selling it to his boss. Raymond and Tierney, along with their girlfriends, work in vaudeville until they are separated by a Broadway offer for Raymond and girlfriend Dolores. Success comes to the crooning Raymond in New York. He starts hobnobbing with high society, drinking heavily, and forgetting his old friends. It's a formula for a big fall.

Director
Edward Sloman
Writer
William K. Wells (dialogue), James Gleason (dialogue), John W. Considine Jr. (story)
Released
1 Mar 1930
Country
USA

Cast

HR

Harry Richman

Joan Bennett

Joan Bennett

James Gleason

James Gleason

AP

Aileen Pringle

Richard Tucker

Richard Tucker

TS

Tiny Sandford

George Irving

George Irving

SF

Sidney Franklin

LT

Lilyan Tashman

PP

Purnell Pratt

EA

Erville Alderson

OA

Oscar Apfel

Bess Flowers

Bess Flowers

EK

Eddie Kane