A New york producer sends a spy to a nightclub to report back on the musical acts.A New york producer sends a spy to a nightclub to report back on the musical acts.A New york producer sends a spy to a nightclub to report back on the musical acts.
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAlthough he receives no additional billing for it, a heavily made-up Leroy also plays his own grandfather. (Those teeth are a dead giveaway.)
- SoundtracksSweet Georgia Brown
(uncredited)
Music by Maceo Pinkard and Ben Bernie
Played during the opening credits and performed by Hal Le Roy (tap dance)
Featured review
Decent Short
Main Street Follies (1935)
** (out of 4)
Decent musical from Warner has Hal Le Roy singing and dancing his way through various skits all set around Main Street. A rival show producer sends a spy out to see what skits Le Roy will be doing in his upcoming act and these are the items we get to see. If I had never seen a musical before then I'd probably give this a higher rating but seeing as how Turner Classic Movies plays a new one each week, there's very little here for someone who has seen more from the genre. The short manages to move by pretty quickly as Le Roy is certainly charming enough to carry the film. His dancing is also very good and this is the main reason to watch the movie but in the end there's just nothing overly special here to make one track it down. The sets are decent but nothing great. The acts are decent but not great. Even the direction is, you guessed it, decent but not great. Outside of Le Roy's dancing, nothing here really sticks out too much and in the end this is a short you can miss.
** (out of 4)
Decent musical from Warner has Hal Le Roy singing and dancing his way through various skits all set around Main Street. A rival show producer sends a spy out to see what skits Le Roy will be doing in his upcoming act and these are the items we get to see. If I had never seen a musical before then I'd probably give this a higher rating but seeing as how Turner Classic Movies plays a new one each week, there's very little here for someone who has seen more from the genre. The short manages to move by pretty quickly as Le Roy is certainly charming enough to carry the film. His dancing is also very good and this is the main reason to watch the movie but in the end there's just nothing overly special here to make one track it down. The sets are decent but nothing great. The acts are decent but not great. Even the direction is, you guessed it, decent but not great. Outside of Le Roy's dancing, nothing here really sticks out too much and in the end this is a short you can miss.
- Michael_Elliott
- Sep 25, 2009
- Permalink
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Broadway Brevities (1934-1935 season) #24: Main Street Follies
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime21 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content