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Synopsis
This landmark MGM backstage musical of the early sound era about broken dreams on the Great White Way features a bevy of standards by the songwriting team of Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown. Freed later became unit producer of the legendary Freed Unit at MGM, which is the reason many of the tunes from Broadway Melody --""You Were Meant For Me"", "Broadway Melody", ""The Wedding of the Painted Doll""-- later appeared in Freed's seminal MGM musical Singin' in the Rain. The nominal story concerns midwestern sister act The Mahoney Sisters --Queenie (Anita Page) and Hank (Bessie Love)-- who come to New York to try to make it big on Broadway. Hank's song-and-dance man boyfriend Eddie (Charles King) has promised the gals a part in the new Broadway revue in which he is soon to appear. When Hank and Queenie come to see him, Hank is pleasantly surprised at the way Queenie has filled out. Soon enough, Eddie is making advances to Queenie. Queenie is attracted to Eddie too, but she doesn't want to steal her sister's boyfriend. So she Queenie takes up with a lecherous playboy, leaving it to Hank to put all the confused love relationships in perspective. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Cast

J.E. Beck Bebe Hatrick
Drew Demarest Turpe
Edward Dillon Stage Manager
Mary Doran Flo
Eddie Kane Francis Zanfield
Bessie Love Hank Mahoney
Anita Page Queenie Mahoney
Jed Prouty Uncle Jed
Marshall Ruth Stew
Ken Thomson Jock Warriner
Charles King Eddie Kearns

Production Crew

Cedric Gibbons Art Director
George Cunningham Choreography
John Arnold Cinematographer
Arthur Freed Composer (Music Score)
Nacio Herb Brown Composer (Music Score)
Sarah Y. Mason Continuity
David Cox Costume Designer
Harry Beaumont Director
Sam S. Zimbalist Editor
William Le Vanway Editor
Earl W. Baldwin Intertitle Writer
Arthur Freed Lyricist
Harry Rapf Producer
Edmund Goulding Screen Story
James Gleason Screenwriter
Norman Houston Screenwriter
Sarah Y. Mason Screenwriter
Edmund Goulding Short Story Author
Edmund Goulding Short Story Author
Douglas Shearer Sound Director
Year: 1929
Runtime: 104
Country: USA
MPAA Rating:
Category: Feature


Produced by
MGM

Release
by MGM

Awards
1928-1929 - Best Picture - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
1928-1929 - 10 Best Films - Film Daily
1928-29 - 10 Best Films - Film Daily
1928-29 - Best Picture - Academy