Sally (1925 film)

Sally is a 1925 silent romantic comedy film starring Colleen Moore. The film was directed by Alfred E. Green, produced by Moore's husband John McCormick (1893-1961), and based on the musical Sally written by Guy Bolton, Clifford Grey, and adapted to film by June Mathis. The film was based on a Florenz Ziegfeld production written specifically for Marilyn Miller that opened on December 21, 1920 at the New Amsterdam Theatre on Broadway. It ran for 570 performances.^[1]

Cast

• Colleen Moore as Sally
• Lloyd Hughes as Blair Farquar
• Leon Errol as Duke of Checkergovinia
• Dan Mason as Pops Shendorf
• John T. Murray as Otis Hooper
• Eva Novak as Rosie Lafferty
• Ray Hallor as Jimmy Spelvin
• Carlo Schipa as Sascha Commuski
• Cora Macey as Mrs. Gilmour
• Charles Murray as Pa O'Dare
• Eva Novak as Eleanor Hadley

Production

During the production of this film, Colleen met a young gag man who worked for Alfred Green who billed himself as a “comedy constructor,” named Mervyn LeRoy. They would become good friends and LeRoy would eventually direct Colleen in her film Oh, Kay!.

Preservation status

The film is considered lost, but a short sequence of color film may have been discovered, as reported by Ron Hutchinson of the Vitaphone project: "Malcolm Billingsley has discovered a previously unknown cache of 45- 75 second 35mm Technicolor nitrate spools with previously lost color scenes from ON WITH THE SHOW, SHOW OF SHOWS , SALLY and GOLD DIGGERS OF BROADWAY." / post on Nitrateville discussion board.

References

• Jeff Codori (2012), Colleen Moore; A Biography of the Silent Film Star, McFarland Publishing,(Print ISBN 978-0-7864-4969-9, EBook ISBN 978-0-7864-8899-5).

External links

• Colleen Moore, Film Star, Says Good-by to "Sally" Reading Eagle - Feb 15, 1925, page 15
• Sally at the Internet Movie Database
• Sally (1925) at SilentEra