| Queen High | |
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 Film title card | |
| Directed by | Fred C. Newmeyer |
| Written by | Musical play (Queen High): Buddy G. DeSylva Lewis E. Gensler Laurence Schwab |
| Produced by | Frank Mandel Laurence Schwab |
| Starring | Charlie Ruggles Frank Morgan Ginger Rogers |
| Cinematography | William O. Steiner |
| Edited by | Barney Rogan |
| Music by | Al Goodman Johnny Green |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Queen High is the title of an American pre-Code musical comedy film, produced by Paramount Pictures in 1930. Based upon the 1926 stage musical Queen High that Buddy DeSylva, Lewis Gensler, and Laurence Schwab had adapted from Edward Peple's 1914 farce A Pair of Sixes.
The film stars Charlie Ruggles, Frank Morgan, and Ginger Rogers in one of her earliest film appearances. Making her first film appearance in an uncredited bit part is tap dancer Eleanor Powell, whose career in musicals would not take off for another five years. Powell was appearing on Broadway in a show entitled Follow Thru at the time, and a segment of the show was filmed for the movie. Both Rogers and Powell were still in their teens.[citation needed] Principal photography took place in Astoria Studios in Queens.[1]
- ^ Edwin M. Bradley (2016). Unsung Hollywood Musicals of the Golden Era: 50 Overlooked Films and Their Stars, 1929-1939. Mcfarland. p. 34. ISBN 9781476624006.