Main Cast: Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Pat O'Brien, Ross Alexander, Glen Boles, John Eldredge
Release Year: 1934
Country: US
Run Time: 98 minutes
Plot
Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler reunite once again for this musical salute to the West Point Military Academy, including many scenes shot at West Point with "the full cooperation of the United States Army." Powell is Canary Dorcey, a private at a Hawaiian army post where he meets the perky Kitt Fits (Ruby Keeler), and she proceeds to flirt with him. Unable to handle the love games, Canary escapes Hawaii by getting an appointment at West Point, where he diligently pursues his studies and tries to forget about dames. But four years later, Kit shows up at West Point with her father, General Jack Fitts (Henry O'Neill), who has accepted the position of the new West Point commander. After some sparring and hedging, a visit to the Kissing Rock along the Flirtation Walk turns the two little lovebirds around, and soon enough they are appearing in the annual West Point musical revue, all forgiven. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
Jack Okey - Art Director, Bobby Connolly - Choreography, Orry-Kelly - Costume Designer, Frank Borzage - Director, William Holmes - Editor, Mort Dixon - Composer (Music Score), Leo F. Forbstein - Composer (Music Score), Allie Wrubel - Composer (Music Score), Leo F. Forbstein - Musical Direction/Supervision, George Barnes - Cinematographer, Sol Polito - Cinematographer, Robert Lord - Producer, Nathan Levinson - Sound Recordist, Delmer Daves - Screenwriter, Louis Edelman - Screenwriter
Flirtation Walk is a 1934 American romantic musical film about a soldier (Dick Powell) who falls in love with the general's daughter (Ruby Keeler), but her father ships her off before their relationship can blossom. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. It was written by Delmer Daves and Lou Edelman, and directed by Frank Borzage.
Soundtrack
"Flirtation Walk"
Music by Allie Wrubel
Lyrics by Mort Dixon
Played as background music at flirtation walk
Sung by Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler and cast in the show
"Mr. and Mrs. Is the Name"
Music by Allie Wrubel
Lyrics by Mort Dixon
Sung by Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler and cast in the show
"No Horse, No Wife, No Mustache"
Music by Allie Wrubel
Lyrics by Mort Dixon
Sung by Dick Powell and cast in the show
"By a Waterfall"
(uncredited)
Music by Sammy Fain
Lyrics by Irving Kahal
Sung a cappella by a soldier in the locker room
"Aloha Oe"
(uncredited)
Written by Queen Liliuokalani
Sung by Dick Powell
"Wedding March"
(uncredited)
from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Music by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Played at the multiple weddings in the show
"Taps"
(uncredited)
Music by General Daniel Butterfield
Played by a bugler to signify "confined to quarters"
"Semper Fidelis"
(uncredited)
Music by John Philip Sousa
Played during the opening shot of the War Department memo
"The Star-Spangled Banner"
(uncredited)
Music based on "The Anacreontic Song" by John Stafford Smith
Played during the lowering of the flag
"The Thunderer"
(uncredited)
Music by John Philip Sousa
Played during the first West Point marching montage
"National Emblem"
(uncredited)
Music by Edwin Eugene Bagley
Played during the ceremony marking the change of the West Point superintendent
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