The Broadway Melody
All talking. All singing. All dancing.
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Release Date
2/8/1929Runtime
101 minsOverview
The vaudeville act of Harriet and Queenie Mahoney comes to Broadway, where their friend Eddie Kerns needs them for his number in one of Francis Zanfield's shows. When Eddie meets Queenie, he soon falls in love with her—but she is already being courted by Jock Warriner, a member of New York high society. Queenie eventually recognizes that, to Jock, she is nothing more than a toy, and that Eddie is in love with her.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$379,000Revenue
$4,358,000Homepage
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A backstage romance where two sisters navigate love and ambition on Broadway, featuring elaborate musical numbers and the scrappy charm of early sound cinema. It's a film that feels caught between earnestness and the raw experimentation of discovering what talking pictures could do.
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Charles King
Eddie Kearns
Anita Page
Queenie Mahoney
Bessie Love
Hank Mahoney
Betty Arthur
Chorus Dancer (uncredited)
J. Emmett Beck
Babe Hatrick (uncredited)
Nacio Herb Brown
Pianist (uncredited)
James Burrows
Singer (uncredited)
Eddie Bush
Quartet Guitarist and Singer (uncredited)
Ray Cooke
Bellhop (uncredited)
Drew Demorest
Turpe - Costumer (uncredited)
Edward Dillon
Dillon - Stage Manager (uncredited)
Mary Doran
Flo (uncredited)
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