John Conrad Nagel (1897-1970) was a popular matinee idol of the 1920s who was as out of place in a musical as he looked in The Hollywood Revue of 1929.
Nagel’s only appearance in an MGM musical came as part of his successful and hectic transition to sound: he featured in 19 films released during 1929-31, though Hollywood Revue was perhaps not his greatest moment. It did him no harm, though: Nagel was still working in the late 60s.
