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1930 film

High Society Blues
original theatrical poster
Directed by	David Butler
Written by	Howard J. Green from the story by Dana Burnett
Produced by	William Fox
Starring	Janet Gaynor Charles Farrell
Cinematography	Charles Van Enger
Edited by	Irene Morra
Music by	R. H. Bassett Samuel Kaylin
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	March 23, 1930 (1930-03-23)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

High Society Blues is a 1930 American pre-Code film starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. The movie was written by Howard J. Green from the story by Dana Burnett, and directed by David Butler.

Gaynor and Farrell made almost a dozen films together, including Frank Borzage's classics Seventh Heaven (1927), Street Angel (1928), and Lucky Star (1929); Gaynor won the first Academy Award for Best Actress for the first two and F. W. Murnau's Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927).

Plot

A new country family comes to live among established wealthy neighbors.

Cast

Janet Gaynor as Eleanor Divine
Charles Farrell as Eddie Granger
William Collier, Sr. as Horace Divine
Hedda Hopper as Mrs. Divine
Joyce Compton as Pearl Granger
Lucien Littlefield as Eli Granger
Louise Fazenda as Mrs. Granger
Brandon Hurst as Jowles

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v t e Films directed by David Butler
High School Hero (1927) News Parade (1928) Win That Girl (1928) Prep and Pep (1928) Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 (1929) Chasing Through Europe (1929) High Society Blues (1930) Just Imagine (1930) A Connecticut Yankee (1931) Delicious (1931) Business and Pleasure (1932) Hold Me Tight (1933) My Weakness (1933) Bottoms Up (1934) Handy Andy (1934) Have a Heart (1934) Bright Eyes (1934) The Little Colonel (1935) Doubting Thomas (1935) The Littlest Rebel (1935) Captain January (1936) White Fang (1936) Pigskin Parade (1936) Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937) You're a Sweetheart (1937) Kentucky Moonshine (1938) Straight, Place and Show (1938) Kentucky (1938) East Side of Heaven (1939) That's Right – You're Wrong (1939) If I Had My Way (1940) You'll Find Out (1940) Caught in the Draft (1941) Playmates (1941) Road to Morocco (1942) They Got Me Covered (1943) Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) Shine On, Harvest Moon (1944) The Princess and the Pirate (1944) San Antonio (1945) Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946) The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946) My Wild Irish Rose (1947) Two Guys from Texas (1948) John Loves Mary (1949) Look for the Silver Lining (1949) It's a Great Feeling (1949) The Story of Seabiscuit (1949) The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (1950) Tea for Two (1950) Lullaby of Broadway (1951) Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951) Where's Charley? (1952) April in Paris (1952) By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953) Calamity Jane (1953) The Command (1954) King Richard and the Crusaders (1954) Jump into Hell (1955) Glory (1956) The Girl He Left Behind (1956) The Right Approach (1961) C'mon, Let's Live a Little (1967)

Films directed by David Butler

High School Hero (1927)
News Parade (1928)
Win That Girl (1928)
Prep and Pep (1928)
Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 (1929)
Chasing Through Europe (1929)
High Society Blues (1930)
Just Imagine (1930)
A Connecticut Yankee (1931)
Delicious (1931)
Business and Pleasure (1932)
Hold Me Tight (1933)
My Weakness (1933)
Bottoms Up (1934)
Handy Andy (1934)
Have a Heart (1934)
Bright Eyes (1934)
The Little Colonel (1935)
Doubting Thomas (1935)
The Littlest Rebel (1935)
Captain January (1936)
White Fang (1936)
Pigskin Parade (1936)
Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937)
You're a Sweetheart (1937)
Kentucky Moonshine (1938)
Straight, Place and Show (1938)
Kentucky (1938)
East Side of Heaven (1939)
That's Right – You're Wrong (1939)
If I Had My Way (1940)
You'll Find Out (1940)
Caught in the Draft (1941)
Playmates (1941)
Road to Morocco (1942)
They Got Me Covered (1943)
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
Shine On, Harvest Moon (1944)
The Princess and the Pirate (1944)
San Antonio (1945)
Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946)
The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946)
My Wild Irish Rose (1947)
Two Guys from Texas (1948)
John Loves Mary (1949)
Look for the Silver Lining (1949)
It's a Great Feeling (1949)
The Story of Seabiscuit (1949)
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (1950)
Tea for Two (1950)
Lullaby of Broadway (1951)
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951)
Where's Charley? (1952)
April in Paris (1952)
By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)
Calamity Jane (1953)
The Command (1954)
King Richard and the Crusaders (1954)
Jump into Hell (1955)
Glory (1956)
The Girl He Left Behind (1956)
The Right Approach (1961)
C'mon, Let's Live a Little (1967)

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