No, No, Nanette (1930 film)

No, No, Nanette
Directed by	Clarence G. Badger
Produced by	Ned Marin
Written by	Howard Emmett Rogers Beatrice Van based on the play by Otto A. Harbach Frank Mandel
Starring	Bernice Claire Alexander Gray Louise Fazenda Lilyan Tashman Zasu Pitts
Music by	Cecil Copping, Alois Reiser
Cinematography	Sol Polito (Technicolor)
Editing by	Frank Mandel
Distributed by	First National Pictures: A Subsidiary of Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	February 16, 1930 (1930-02-16)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

No, No, Nanette (1930) is a musical comedy film with Technicolor sequences. It was adapted from the play of the same title by Otto A. Harbach and Frank Mandel. No, No, Nanette was a popular show on Broadway, running for 321 performances, and was produced and directed by Harry Frazee.

Synopsis

Jim Smith (Lucien Littlefield), a millionaire due to his Bible publishing business, is married to the overly frugal Sue (Louise Fazenda). They desire to teach their ward Nanette (Bernice Claire), who has an untapped wild side, wants to have some fun in Atlantic City, and is being pursued by Tom Trainor (Alexander Gray), to be a respectable young lady. With so much unspent income at his disposal, Jim decides to become the benefactor for three beautiful women, but soon realizes his good intentions are bound to get him in trouble. He enlists his lawyer friend Bill (Bert Roach) to help him discreetly ease the girls out of his life. Sue and Billy's wife, Lucille (Lilyan Tashman), learn about the women and assume their husbands are having affairs with them. Eventually, Bill and Jim explain the situation and are forgiven by their wives. Likewise, Nanette and Tom sort out their difficulties and decide to be married.

Cast

• Bernice Claire - Nanette
• Alexander Gray - Tom Trainor
• Lucien Littlefield - Jim Smith
• Louise Fazenda - Sue Smith
• Lilyan Tashman - Lucille
• Bert Roach - Bill Early
• ZaSu Pitts - Pauline
• Mildred Harris - Betty
• Henry Stockbridge - Brady
• Jocelyn Lee - Flora

Songs

• "Were You Just Pretending?" by Harry Akst and Grant Clarke
• "As Long As I'm With You" by Harry Akst and Grant Clarke
• "King of the Air"
• "Dancing to Heaven"
• "Dance of the Wooden Shoes"
• "Tea For Two"
• "I Want to be Happy"

Preservation

No film elements are known to exist. The complete soundtrack survives on Vitaphone disks.

See also

• List of early color feature films

External links

• No, No, Nanette (1930) at the Internet Movie Database
• No, No, Nanette (1930) at AllRovi