TANNED LEGS (1929)Arthur Lake, June Clyde & Dorothy Reviert | Musical, Drama | B&W | Nostalgic Flick

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Tanned Legs is a 1929 American Pre-Code musical comedy directed by Marshall Neilan and written by Thomas J. Geraghty based on a story by Louis Sarecky. The film starred Ann Pennington, Arthur Lake, June Clyde, Dorothy Revier, Sally Blane and Albert Gran. In its first year of operations, RKO attempted to take advantage of musicals as much as possible, and so the music of Oscar Levant and Sidney Clare was awkwardly inserted into this simple comedy script.

Synopsis

Peggy is the daughter of Mr. Reynolds and his wife Sophie. Although married, both of the elder Reynolds are having romantic interludes with younger people, Mrs. Lyons-King and Roger Fleming, respectively. In addition, Peggy's sister, Janet, is infatuated with Clinton Darrow, a ne'er-do-well, who is only interested in the Reynolds' money, not in Janet. Peggy is in the only normal relationship, with her boyfriend, Bill.

While at a seaside resort, Peggy attempts to get all of her family members back in line. However, things become convoluted as Mr. Reynolds is about to buy some useless shares of stock, having been convinced by Lyons-King, as Darrow begins to blackmail Janet due to some rather juicy letters she had sent to him. When Janet sneaks into Darrow's room, attempting to retrieve her letters, she is seen by her sister and Bill, who think she is sneaking in for other reasons. Janet is unsuccessful in her attempt to procure the incriminating letters.

As Darrow steps up his blackmail threats, Janet can see no way out, so decides to kill him instead. However, during the attempted assassination, she mistakenly wounds Peggy, rather than her intended target. Bill, meanwhile has become fed up with all of the antics going on and is sundered from Peggy.

Through a twisted process during a fake robbery, a friend of Peggy's, Roger Fleming, and his girlfriend, Tootie, obtain the letters from Darrow, thus ending the blackmail attempt. Peggy manages to straighten out both of her parents, and by the end of the film is reconciled with Bill.

Cast & Crew

Arthur Lake as Bill
June Clyde as Peggy Reynolds
Dorothy Revier as Mrs. Lyons-King
Ann Pennington as Tootie
Albert Gran as Mr. Reynolds
Allen Kearns as Roger Fleming
Sally Blane as Janet Reynolds
Edmund Burns as Clinton Darrow
Lincoln Stedman as Pudgy
Nella Walker as Mrs. Sophie Reynolds

Directed by: Marshall Neilan
Screenplay by: Thomas J. Geraghty
Story by: Louis Sarecky
Produced by: Louis Sarecky

Starring:

Ann Pennington
Arthur Lake
June Clyde
Dorothy Revier
Sally Blane
Albert Gran
Cinematography: Leo Tover
Edited by: Archie Marshek
Music by:

Oscar Levant
Sidney Clare
Distributed by: Radio Pictures (later RKO Pictures)
Release Date: November 10, 1929 (US)
Running Time: 71 minutes (66 minutes in TCM print)
Country: United States
Language: English
Claire Rochelle as Dancer