The Broadway Melody (1929)

The Broadway Melody (1929)

„The Broadway Melody“ is a 1929 pre-Code musical film directed by Harry Beaumont. The screenplay by Norman Houston and James Gleason is based on a story by Edmund Goulding.

Vaudeville sisters „Hank“ and Queenie Mahoney take their act to the Broadway stage in New York when Eddie, a professional song-and-dance man appearing in a new show, invites his girlfriend Hank to join him. Soon after, Eddie transfers his affections to Queenie, who attempts to do right by her sister by dating another man – high society member Jock Warriner. The showbiz melodrama is quickly overshadowed by the romantic subplot.

Cast:

• Charles King – Eddie Kearns
• Anita Page – Queenie Mahoney
• Bessie Love – Harriet „Hank“ Mahoney
• Eddie Kane – Francis Zanfield
• J. Emmett Beck – Babe Hatrick
• Jed Prouty – Uncle Jed
• Kenneth Thomson – Jacques Warriner
• Ray Cooke – Bellhop
• Arthur Freed – Bystander in Rehearsal Room
• Betty Arthur – Chorus Dancer
• Dorothy Coonan Wellman – Chorus Girl
• Beatrice Hagen – Chorus Girl
• Ruth Jennings – Chorus Girl
• Alice Pitman – Chorus Girl
• Betty Recklaw – Chorus Girl
• Diana Verne – Chorus Girl
• Alice Weaver – Chorus Girl
• The Angeles Twins – Chorus Girls
• Edward Dillon – Dillon, Stage Manager
• Charlotte Merriam – Flapper in Pearl Necklace
• Mary Doran – Flo
• Dorothy Vernon – Hotel Housekeeper
• James Gleason – Music Publisher
• Angella Mawby – One of the Mawby Triplets
• Claudette Mawby – One of the Mawby Triplets
• Claudine Mawby – One of the Mawby Triplets
• Carl M. Leviness – Party Guest
• Nacio Herb Brown – Pianist
• Eddie Bush – Quartet Guitarist and Singer
• Paul Gibbons – Quartet Guitarist and Singer
• Ches Kirkpatrick – Quartet Guitarist and Singer
• Bill Seckler – Quartet Guitarist and Singer
• James Burroughs – Singer
• Carla Laemmle – Specialty Dancer
• Joyce Murray – Specialty Dancer
• Marshall Ruth – Stew, Mr. Zanfield’s Assistant
• Drew Demorest – Turpe, Costumer
• Blanche Payson – Wardrobe Lady

„The Broadway Melody“ ist ein Pre-Code-Musicalfilm aus dem Jahr 1929 unter der Regie von Harry Beaumont. Das Drehbuch von Norman Houston und James Gleason basiert auf einer Geschichte von Edmund Goulding.

Die Vaudeville-Schwestern „Hank“ und Queenie Mahoney treten auf der Broadway-Bühne in New York auf, als Eddie, ein professioneller Sänger und Tänzer, der in einer neuen Show auftritt, seine Freundin Hank einlädt, ihn zu begleiten. Bald darauf überträgt Eddie seine Zuneigung auf Queenie, die versucht, es ihrer Schwester recht zu machen, indem sie sich mit einem anderen Mann verabredet - dem High-Society-Mitglied Jock Warriner. Das Showbiz-Melodrama wird schnell von der romantischen Nebenhandlung überschattet.