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Hank and Queenie (good sisters who are brothers and sisters, the two meet to come to the bustling metropolis of New York, with the help of Hank's old friend Eddie, the two enter the song and dance troupe and become cabaret girls, and soon become famous.
Although Hank and Eddie have been in love for many years, Eddie finds himself deeply attracted to Queenie, and at the same time, the delicate Queenie wins the favor of the rich man Jaco, who launches a very passionate attack on her. Hank sees that Jaco is a clumsy boy with an unhealthy heart, and repeatedly persuades Queenie to stay away from him, but Queenie has already fallen into the dream that Jaco has woven for her.
"The Secret History of the Red Man" is a real song and dance film, very dreamy. The light comedy elements in the film also make the style of the film seem warm and humorous, although there are some plots and irony that reflect the current situation of society at that time, but there is not too much deep thinking and criticism of heavy issues such as fate and social contradictions, and the dramatic conflict is not very sharp.
In addition, the film is also a love film, in the plot processing strictly follow the "balance - imbalance - restore balance" of the typical love film routine, the story structure of the love triangle in the film is simple, the plot development is direct, the character personality is distinct, although cheesy, but has a "drama archetype" attraction.
Overall, by the standards of modern music, the film might be considered "not high-level," but it was already outstanding in the love triangles that were popular in the 1930s. The film's songs are beautiful, the performance is enthusiastic, the dialogue is interesting, and there is a kind of innocence and childishness of the early films. Although the creative consciousness is still largely conservative, such as the use of silent film era subtitle cards to cut through the scene and explain the location of the story, it is in a pioneering position in terms of historical technological changes.
This is the first song and dance film to win the Oscar for Best Picture, and the significance of being awarded Best Picture itself is more about the flexible use of sound, dance and other forms in the film and the innovation of technology, and the song and dance film has officially come to the front of the stage, so we cannot ignore its position in the history of film. After that, many excellent song and dance films continued to emerge, and song and dance films gradually moved towards the heyday. And although this film itself has no special brilliance, after the precipitation of the long stream of history, it allows us to see the United States at that time. Maybe that's the deeper meaning of this film.