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Alice White

 

SHOW GIRL

 

First National Pictures, 1928.  Directed by Alfred Santell.  Camera:  Sol Polito.  With Alice White, Donald Reed, Lee Moran, Charles Delaney, Richard Tucker, Gwen Lee, James Finlayson, Spec O'Donnell, Kate Price, Hugh Roman, Bernard Randall, Eddie Borden

Dixie Dugan, a Brooklyn cutie, goes to the offices of theatrical producers Eppus and Kibbitzer and exposes her perfections in a bathing suit.  Eppus and Kibbitzer express interest in her future and arrange for her to work in a nightclub act with Álvarez Romano.

One evening Dixie accompanies wealthy sugar daddy Jack Milton to his apartment, and Álvarez stalks in and wounds Milton with a knife.  Jimmy Doyle, a cynical tabloid reporter in love with Dixie, gets the story for his newspaper's front page.

Dixie is then kidnaped by Álvarez, but quickly manages to free herself. Jimmy persuades her to hide low as a publicity stunt and puts the "kidnaping" on page one.  Dixie is found by Milton who, by way of apology for ruining her stunt, finances her in a Broadway show written by Jimmy.  The show is a success, and Jimmy and Dixie are married.

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