"Pointed Heels" was a romance drama that cinematically pondered if love could overcome differences in class. Could a wealthy young man give up his wealth to marry his darling and still be happy?
Lora Nixon (Fay Wray) was a chorus girl engaged to the wealthy Donald Ogden (Phillips Holmes). The two were hopelessly in love. On the perimeter was Robert Courtland (William Powell). He had eyes on Lora and he also happened to be the producer for the musical she was performing in.
Robert wasn't a problem though. Unlike many films in the 30's, Robert was too much of a gentleman to try to muscle in on Don's girl, even though he could. You see, when Don married Lora his mother cut him off of his allowance. That meant he and Lora would have to survive on her chorus girl salary while he finished working on his symphony. It became an arrangement that tested both of them which would make Lora ripe for the picking for Robert Courtland if he wanted to be such a sleaze.
Fortunately, he did not.
"Pointed Heels" wasn't all that interesting. Fay Wray wasn't burning up the screen with her talent. In fact, she reminded me of a discount Gloria Swanson. William Powell was solid enough as was Phillips Holmes. The comedy relief in the movie were Dash and Dorothea 'Dot' Nixon (Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher and Helen Kane). They were a loud uncouth couple and Dot must've been the inspiration for Betty Boop. Dot was dark-haired, dark-eyed, and had a squeaky voice. What's more, when she did a few singing numbers she added the "boop boop-pitty boop" in there. I would've bet money that she was the voice of Betty Boop.
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