1929 Beauty search on NYC streets
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Beauty search on NYC streets--outtakes
Fox Movietone News Story 4-465
Filmed on December 7, 1929.
Staged story in which a Fox Movietone News crew drives around looking for the prettiest girl in New York. When a girl is spotted she is asked to audition at the studio. Filmed in front of the News Reel Theatre - Hearst Metronome News at 10th Avenue and West 54th Street. Marquees along the street read Rudy Valee "Vagabond Lover"; Winnie Lightner "The Gold Diggers"; "Disraeli"; Buddy Rogers - Jean Arthur - Ben Black and band; Nanking Royal; and Gloria Swanson, "The Love Parade." Several signs advertise talking pictures.
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See more here: https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/fox-movietone-news-collection/
Complete catalog record
Fox Movietone News Story 4-465
Filmed on December 7, 1929.
Staged story in which a Fox Movietone News crew drives around looking for the prettiest girl in New York. When a girl is spotted she is asked to audition at the studio. Filmed in front of the News Reel Theatre - Hearst Metronome News at 10th Avenue and West 54th Street. Marquees along the street read Rudy Valee "Vagabond Lover"; Winnie Lightner "The Gold Diggers"; "Disraeli"; Buddy Rogers - Jean Arthur - Ben Black and band; Nanking Royal; and Gloria Swanson, "The Love Parade." Several signs advertise talking pictures.
Copyright University of South Carolina. All rights reserved.
See more here: https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/fox-movietone-news-collection/
Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video
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