Close Harmony is a black and white American comedy-drama

Comedy-drama

Comedy-drama is a genre of theatre, film and television programs which combines humorous and serious content.-Theatre:Traditional western theatre, beginning with the ancient Greeks, was divided into comedy and tragedy...

 musical film

Musical film

The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate...

 released by Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures

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Plot

A musically talented young woman named Marjorie who is part of a stage show, meets a warehouse clerk named Al West who has put together an unusual jazz band. She becomes interested in him and his work and so manages to use her influence to get him into the program for one of the shows at her theatre company. The manager, Max Mindel has a dislike towards Marjorie so after discovering her affection towards Al, he gives the band notice and hires harmony singers Barney & Bey as a replacement. Marjorie makes up to both men and soon breaks up the duo, getting rid of the competition. Al learns of her scheme, and makes her confess to the singers of her deeds. Barney and Bey make up, and Max gives Al and his band one more chance. Al is a sensation, and Max offers him a contract for $1,000 a week.

Cast

• Charles 'Buddy' Rogers - Al West
• Nancy Carroll
  Nancy Carroll
  Nancy Carroll was an American actress.-Career:She was christened Ann Veronica Lahiff in New York City. Of Irish parentage, she and her sister once performed a dancing act in a local contest of amateur talent. This led her to a stage career and then to the screen. She began her acting career in...
  
   - Marjorie Merwin
• Harry Green
  Harry Green
  Henry Harold "Harry" Green was a British long-distance runner. He gained recognition by winning the London Poly in 1911 and setting a world's best in the marathon on 12 May 1913 with a time of 2:38:16.2 in London...
  
   - Max Mindel
• Jack Oakie
  Jack Oakie
  Jack Oakie was an American actor, starring mostly in films, but also working on stage, radio and television.-Early life:...
  
   - Ben Barney
• Richard "Skeets" Gallagher
  Richard "Skeets" Gallagher
  Richard "Skeets" Gallagher was an American actor.He was educated at Rose Polytechnic Institute and Indiana University. He first studied civil engineering and then to become a lawyer but ended up on the stage...
  
   - Johnny Bay
• Matty Roubert - Bert
• Ricca Allen
  Ricca Allen
  Ricca Allen was a Canadian stage and film actress. She appeared in 58 films between 1913 and 1941.She was born in Victoria, British Columbia, and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:...
  
   - Mrs. Prosser
• Wade Boteler
  Wade Boteler
  Wade Boteler was an American film actor. He appeared in over 430 films between 1919 and 1943.He was born in Santa Ana, California, and died in Hollywood, California from a heart attack.-Selected filmography:...
  
   - Officer Kelly
• Baby Mack - Syvil
• Oscar Smith - George Washington Brown
• Greta Granstedt
  Greta Granstedt
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   - Eva Larue
• Gusztáv Pártos - Gustav (as Gus Partos)
• Jesse Stafford - Himself (orchestra leader)
• Joyzelle Joyner
  Joyzelle Joyner
  Joyzelle Joyner was an American actress and dancer. She appeared in at least thirty films between 1925 and 1935 gained some notoriety for her appearance in The Sign of the Cross.-Career:...
  
   - 'Joyzelle'
• Jean Harlow
  Jean Harlow
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  - (uncredited)

Soundtrack

• "She's So, I Dunno"

Words by Leo Robin

Music by Richard A. Whiting

• "I Wanna Go Places and Do Things"

Words by Leo Robin

Music by Richard A. Whiting

Copyright 1929 by Famous Music Corp.

• "I'm All A-Twitter And All A-Twirl"

Words by Leo Robin

Music by Richard A. Whiting

Copyright 1929 by Famous Music Corp.

• "12th Street Rag"

by Euday L. Bowman

Copyright 1919 by J.W. Jenkins Sons Music Co.