Sally

Sally

ALMOST TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE!

NR 1930 · 103 min · ★ 7.0 · Music

Sally is an orphan who was named by the telephone exchange where she was abandoned as a baby. In the orphanage, she discovered the joy of dancing. Working as a waitress, she serves Blair (Alexander Gray), and they both fall for each other, but Blair is engaged to socialite Marcia. Sally is hired to impersonate a famous Russian dancer named Noskerova, but at that engagement, she is found to be a phoney. Undaunted, she proceeds with her life and has a show on Broadway, but she still thinks of Blair.

Directed by John Francis Dillon · Written by Waldemar Young

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Marilyn Miller Sally
Alexander Gray Blair Farell
Joe E. Brown Grand Duke Connie
T. Roy Barnes Otis Hooper
Pert Kelton Rosie
Ford Sterling 'Pops' Shendorff
Maude Turner Gordon Mrs. Ten Brock
E.J. Ratcliffe John Farell
Jack Duffy Roue
Ethel Stone Lutie
Nora Lane Marcia
Adrienne Ames Undetermined Role (uncredited)

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