The Florodora Girl is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Harry Beaumont and written by Ralph Spence, Al Boasberg and Robert E. Hopkins.
The film stars Marion Davies, Lawrence Gray, Walter Catlett, and Ilka Chase.
While the music and drama are a draw, most male patrons are there to see the beautiful Florodora chorus girls.
Her friends, Fanny and Maud (Ilka Chase and Vivien Oakland) - newer members of the female sextet - advise Daisy that the best way to attract a wealthy suitor is to “be difficult” and play hard-to-get.
Ironically, a short while later, Daisy receives a huge bouquet of flowers from Jack along with a request to join him in his carriage.
George takes Daisy on his bike to the tavern to fetch her father (Jed Prouty), who is a bit drunk.
Once home, Dad offers her a drink and the pair chat while Daisy thumbs through a magazine.
She notices Jack swimming nearby, pretends to struggle in the water, and screams for help.
Her wild exaggerated conducting, silly dancing and vocal interventions are a hit with the crowd.
Jack is disappointed but satisfied until he spots George and Daisy arriving on the tandem bike.
On the carriage ride home Daisy learns Jack wanted to take her to the football game but Fanny and Maud intervened.
Jack tells Daisy the beautiful lady is his mother, and the young woman is just a girl he knows.
Despite is assurance to his mother, Jack and Daisy continue to spend time together, falling deeper in love.
One sunny afternoon Jack takes Daisy for a ride on the latest invention – a horseless carriage.
Later the couple share a romantic meal and Jack sings lovingly to Daisy – “You’re just my kind of girl”.
Later Jack offers Daisy a jeweled bracelet and suggests she should let him pay for her to live in a nice apartment close to his home.
Back at the Florodora theater, Daisy informs Fanny and Maud that she wants nothing to do with Jack Vibart.
Later, Rumblesham “Rummy” (Claud Allister), a refined English gentleman, invites Daisy to a fashionable party – a society ball hosted by the Commodore (Robert Bolder) and his wife.
Fanny and Maude come to her rescue and gather an elegant but over-the-top dress from the theater’s wardrobe collection and alter it to fit Daisy.
Daisy is delighted to speak with her future mother-in-law until she learns that Jack has lost most of the family’s fortune.
Instead, she goes to a slumming party at the bowery with Harry Fontaine – the gambler who accosted her at the football game.
However, when she spots Jack entering, she lights up, grabs the bottle, jumps on the table, and pretends to be having a grand time.
Daisy also learns that Jack has launched a successful business selling horseless carriages.
When performance continues, Jack follows Daisy onstage and takes the place of one of the male singers.
The 2-strip Technicolor finale has survived including "Tell Me, Pretty Maiden" from the musical "Florodora".