Sally. Florenz Ziegfeld's roseate musical comedy is almost literally dished up on the screen. The progress of the foundling waif who graduates from dish-washing in a cabaret to dancing and ultimately wins her Prince Charming with her tripping feet is punctuated by smashes of tableware. Leon Errol, staggering through his original role of the duke turned waiter, makes much of this china cataract undeniably funny. Colleen Moore by her sympathy and intelligence deflates much of the hokum from the title role. She dances with genuine talent and abandon— it is said she threw...
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