In this 'Broadway Brevities' short, Hal LeRoy and Dorothy Lee first meet on a ship where he is a deckhand, and despite his shyness, Dorothy gets him into the spotlight as a dancer. There are several mixed-ensemble numbers.
If you have twenty minutes to spare today and love watching people with rubber legs dance on a fake boat, In the Spotlight is totally worth your time. But if you hate high-pitched 1930s talking and plotlines that feel like they were written on a napkin during lunch, just skip this one. I found this short while digging...
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"If you have twenty minutes to spare today and love watching people with rubber legs dance on a fake boat, In the Spotlight is totally worth your time. But if you hate high-pitched 1930s talking and plotlines that feel like they were written on a napkin during lunch, just skip this one. I found this short while digging through old Vitaphone musical reels. It stars Hal LeRoy, who plays a shy deckhand who can somehow dance like his bones are made of jelly. Dorothy Lee is the girl who notices him...."
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