The Broadway Melody (1929)

02/08/1929 (US) • 1h 41m

Music, Romance, Drama

All talking. All singing. All dancing.

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

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)


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Part of the The Broadway Melody Collection

Includes The Broadway Melody, Broadway Melody of 1936, Broadway Melody of 1938

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$379,000.00

Revenue

$4,358,000.00

Keywords

new york city

dancing

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vaudeville

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