High Society Blues

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

External links

• High Society Blues at IMDb
• High Society Blues at AllMovie
• Janet Gaynor, Hedda Hopper in a scene from the film
• 1930: Hedda Hopper High Society Blues vintage photo W554 (scene with the main cast)