Applause
Starring: Helen Morgan, Henry Wadsworth, Dorothy Cumming
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Writer: Garrett Fort
Producer: Monta Bell, Jesse Louis Lasky
Applause is a 1929 pre-Code American backstage musical "talkie" directed by Rouben Mamoulian in his directorial debut and starring Helen Morgan, Jack Cameron, and Joan Peers. It was shot at Paramount's Astoria Studios in Astoria, New York during the early years of sound films.
Trivia
- For her first film role, Morgan put on 25 pounds (11 kg) and donned wigs and "unflattering" outfits, concealing her actual attractiveness, and producing a haggard, bloated appearance.
- Morgan, notorious for her drinking, abided by director Mamoulian's demand that she restrict her alcohol consumption during filming.
Filming Locations
- New York City
- Broadway stage producer Rouben Mamoulian was engaged by Jesse Lasky and Walter Wanger of Paramount studios to direct a film based on the Beth Brown novel Applause (1928) The picture was filmed in Astoria Studios in New York, rather than in Hollywood, California.
Previous Showings
5 Runs • 4 Festivals
1,235 tickets sold
All runs on record (5):
- February 8, 1988 · 0 ticketsw/ City Streets
- February 15 - 16, 2001 · 345 ticketsWinter 2001w/ The Love Parade
- May 11 - 13, 2011 · 334 ticketsMusicalsw/ The Smiling Lieutenant
- March 18 - 19, 2015 · 185 ticketsCary Grant every Fri-Sat-Sun Plus Ernst Lubitsch and Rouben Mamoulian every Wedsw/ The Love Parade
- March 27 - 28, 2025 · 371 ticketsLubitsch, Mamoulian, Sternberg Three Great Directorsw/ City Streets