Moonlight and Pretzels (1933) DVD-R

Starring Leo Carrillo, Mary Brian, Roger Pryor, Herbert Rawlinson, Lillian
Miles, William Frawley
Directed by Karl Freund

Print: black/white
Runtime: 83 min.
Genre: musical
Print Quality: B

Vaudeville performer George Dwight (Roger Pryor) finds himself stranded
in the small town of Walkerville, and talks his way into a job at a music
store owned by Sally Upton (Mary Brian). Dwight's personality and piano
playing, and his way with plugging a song help make the store a success,
but his real goal is a shot at the big time as a songwriter, and he gets it
when he sells one of his compositions. That sends him running to New
York -- much to Mary's disappointment -- and he manages to wangle a job
with a pair of Broadway producers. Over the next couple of years,
working closely with leading lady Elsie Warren (Lillian Miles), George
Dwight becomes one of the most successful songwriters on the Great
White Way, and when he and Elsie tire of the manipulations of their
bosses, they decide to break away so that George can produce his work
himself. This gives him the chance to write in a more serious mode than
he's ever had the opportunity to do before, something that Elsie isn't
thrilled with -- George wants to do a show that's not only popular, but also
important, with memorable music and an important message. Sally walks
back into his life in the midst of the production, and now he wants to
resume the romance that she'd hoped would blossom in Walkerville. But
he's soon beset by problems when his former producers try to steal the
production out from under him, and he's forced to go to a professional
gambler, Nick Pappacroplis (Leo Carrillo) to rescue the show. And just
when it looks like he's got his chance, along comes Nick's friend Sport
Powell (Herbert Rawlinson), who has eyes for Sally and his own designs
on the production.