Pointed Heels (1929)

A chorus girl (Fay Wray) quits show business when she marries a wealthy composer (Phillips Holmes). But unhappy with this marriage, his mother cuts him off financially. Struggling to make ends meet, she goes back to work. Directed by A. Edward Sutherland (EVERY DAY'S A HOLIDAY). This early pre code musical comedy is routine stuff although it's a bit more fluid than most early sound films of this era. Nothing to write home about but of interest in that it provides a look at Helen Kane, the "boop oop a doop" girl and the inspiration for Betty Boop whose film career consisted of seven movies between 1929 and 1931. Her teamwork with Richard Skeets Gallagher provides some decent comedy. With William Powell and Eugene Pallette.