The Girl from Calgary

1932
1h 4m

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Fifi D'Orsay in The Girl from Calgary (1932)

A French-Canadian girl is a champion bronc rider and is also a nightclub singer. An ambitious young man sees her act one night and is struck by her talent, realizing that she is good enough ... Read allA French-Canadian girl is a champion bronc rider and is also a nightclub singer. An ambitious young man sees her act one night and is struck by her talent, realizing that she is good enough to become a Broadway star. He convinces her to accompany him to New York, where she indeed... Read allA French-Canadian girl is a champion bronc rider and is also a nightclub singer. An ambitious young man sees her act one night and is struck by her talent, realizing that she is good enough to become a Broadway star. He convinces her to accompany him to New York, where she indeed does become a Broadway star. However, the young man finds himself being squeezed out by g... Read all

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Fifi D'Orsay

Fifi Follette

Paul Kelly

Larry Boyd

Robert Warwick

Bill Webster

Edwin Maxwell

Earl Darrell

Astrid Allwyn

Mazie Williams

Eddie Fetherston

Monte Cooper

Harry Bowen

Promoter in Darrell's Office
(uncredited)

Adrienne Dore

Lulu - Darrell's Secretary
(uncredited)

Geraldine Dvorak

Model in Darrell's Office
(uncredited)

Kit Guard

Undetermined Secondary Role
(uncredited)

Geneva Mitchell

Dolores Baker
(uncredited)

Tiny Sandford

Policeman
(uncredited)

Rolfe Sedan

Beauty Contest Judge
(uncredited)

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- Phil Whitman
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When originally released, the first reel, which runs approximately seven minutes, including the title credits, was in 2-strip Magnacolor; reviewers at the time commented on the poor quality of the color, registration problems, and lack of focus; in surviving prints, this sequence is in black and white, with a replaced title card that includes a 1951 copyright statement.

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Edited from The Great Gabbo (1929)

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Written by Albert Hay Malotte

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2/10

Like bread and apples, not everything gets better with age! And Fifi D'rsay is like an old barrel of apples...very, very old apples!

When you watch "The Girl from Calgary" today, you're very likely to be surprised at just how awful the lead in the film is and wonder how she ever got such a role. Well, I can't logically explain it, other than to say that standards were different in 1932 and perhaps Fifi D'Orsay wasn't considered terrible back then....or at least as terrible.

The film begins in the hotbed of musical entertainment, Calgary. A couple guys (including Paul Kelly) make a grand discovery of a ravishing singing sensation, Fifi. They decide to try to get her on Broadway (which is odd considering her VERY strong French-Canadian accent) and get no where. So, they go on a publicity campaign and soon people are flocking to see this sensation. This is odd, because her musical numbers are just god-awful and her charms difficult to decipher.

The bottom line is that even for a Monogram film, this is a lousy picture. Had the leading lady been more talented, spoke with an accent that didn't require captions or been prettier (I am not being sexist--the film harped on this aspect of the character), it might have worked better. I doubt if it would have been a good movie, but it certainly would have been better. As it is, it's a tedious film from start to finish and all the stock footage clumsily dumped into the film at the beginning sure didn't help.