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Applause

6.2 80 mins Music   Drama   1929
Paramount Pictures  
Director(s): Rouben Mamoulian

Release Date: 07 Mon, Oct 1929

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.

Casts of Applause

Helen Morgan

as Kitty Darling

Joan Peers

as April Darling

Fuller Mellish Jr.

as Hitch Nelson

Jack Cameron

as Joe King

Henry Wadsworth

as Tony

Mack Gray

as Slim's Brother

Dorothy Cumming

as Mother Superior

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