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The Broadway Melody 1929 Film | Oscars Best Picture Winner



What's your review of the 1929 film the Broadway Melody? It's directed by Harry Beaumont, and stars Bessie Love, Anita Page, and Charles King. #TheBroadwayMelody #BroadwayMelody #BestPicture Do you want to watch the Broadway Melody? Did you enjoy the full movie or just parts of it? Scroll down for more information! The Broadway Melody won the Academy Awards Best Picture Oscar 1930.


ABOUT THE BROADWAY MELODY MOVIE


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The Broadway Melody plot from IMDb: "A pair of sisters from the vaudeville circuit try to make it big time on Broadway, but matters of the heart complicate the attempt."


The Broadway Melody trailer on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019729/


Directed by Harry Beaumont

Produced by Irving Thalberg, Lawrence Weingarten

Written by Sarah Y. Mason (continuity), Norman Houston (dialogue), James Gleason (dialogue)

Uncredited: Earl Baldwin (titles)

Story by Edmund Gouldin

Cinematography: John Arnold

Edited by Sam S. Zimbalist

Uncredited: William LeVanway (silent version)

Color process: Technicolor

Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Release date: February 1, 1929 (Grauman's Chinese Theatre), February 8, 1929 (NYC), June 12, 1929 (US)

Running time: 100 minutes

Budget: $379,000

Box office: $4.4 million


Cast and Characters:

Anita Page as Queenie Mahoney

Bessie Love as Harriet "Hank" Mahoney

Charles King as Eddie Kearns

Jed Prouty as Uncle Jed

Kenneth Thomson as Jacques Warriner

Edward Dillon as Stage Manager

Mary Doran as Flo, the blonde

Eddie Kane as Zanfield

J. Emmett Beck as Babe Hatrick

Marshall Ruth as Stew

Drew Demarest as Turpe[2]

James Gleason as Music Publisher (uncredited)


The Broadway Melody Musical Numbers:

"Broadway Melody"

"Love Boat"

"You Were Meant for Me"

"Wedding of the Painted Doll"

"Boy Friend"

"Truthful Deacon Brown" – music and lyrics by Willard Robison

"Lovely Lady"


Music by Nacio Herb Brown, lyrics by Arthur Freed


(Information from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Broadway_Melody)

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