Melody and Moonlight
1940 · Released · 72 min
Kay Barnett, known as Public Debutante #1, is reprimanded by her snobby tycoon father Otis and her stuffy fiance, Standish Prescott, when she fulfills her desire to be a performer by singing at the Kaula Club. Otis admonishes Standish to keep Kay out of such establishments, but after he leaves, Kay and her free-spirited aunt Adelaide convince Standish to take them to the Glass Slipper Dance Hall. There Kay is mistaken for a hostess by Danny O'Brien, an aspiring hoofer who uses her as his partner in the dance derby. They win second prize and then brawl with the first-place winners. Kay and Adelaide return home in disgrace and are chastised by Barnett. Kay refuses to accept her father's demand that she settle down and runs away to a fancy hotel, where she checks in under a false name. The next day, the hotel manager demands that she settle her account, and Danny, who works there as a bellboy, helps her escape after discovering that she does not have any money. He pays her bill and quits














