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Red Hot Rhythm
UNITED STATES · 1929

Red Hot Rhythm

Leo McCarey
songwriting nightclub life romantic rivalry con artists music industry
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Synopsis

Walter, a songwriter who is in love with Mary, a nightclub singer, prefers to make a living by fleecing crackpot songwriters and promoting their creations. When Walter writes "At Last I'm in Love" for Mary, she promises to plug the song at the Frivolity Club, but he leaves in a huff when she flirts with Sam, a legitimate song publisher. On the street, he gives refuge to Claire, a girl accused of a

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