Puttin' on the Ritz (1930)
1h 28m
Running Time
February 19, 1930Release Date
Puttin' on the Ritz (1930)
1h 28m
Running Time
February 19, 1930Release Date
Plot.
A vaudeville and nightclub performer becomes successful and forgets who his friends really are.
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Cast & Crew.
Harry Richman
Harry Raymond
Joan Bennett
Dolores Fenton
James Gleason
James Tierney
Lilyan Tashman
Goldie Devere
Aileen Pringle
Mrs. Teddy Van Rennsler
Purnell Pratt
George Barnes
Edward Sloman
Director
Richard Tucker
Fenway Brooks
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Puttin' On the Ritz is a 1930 American pre-Code musical film directed by Edward Sloman and starring Harry Richman, Joan Bennett, and James Gleason. The screenplay was written by Gleason and William K. Wells based on a story by John W. Considine Jr. It was the first of many films to feature the popular song "Puttin' On the Ritz", which was written and published by Irving Berlin in 1929.