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Applause

Applause1929

★6.280 minMusicDrama

This early example of the "backstage" musical genre tells the story of Kitty Darling, a fading burlesque star who tries to save her convent-educated daughter April from following in mom's footsteps.

Director

Rouben Mamoulian

Writer

Score

Jay Gorney Joseph A. Burke

Stars

Helen Morgan Joan Peers Fuller Mellish Jr.

Cast7

Helen Morgan
as Kitty Darling
Joan Peers
as April Darling
F
Fuller Mellish Jr.
as Hitch Nelson
J
Jack Cameron
as Joe King
Henry Wadsworth
as Tony
Mack Gray
as Slim's Brother
Dorothy Cumming
as Mother Superior

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