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The Broadway Melody (1929)

100 min  -  Musical | Romance  -   6 June 1929 (USA)
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Harriet and Queenie Mahoney, a vaudeville act, come to Broadway, where their friend Eddie Kerns needs them for his number in one of Francis Zanfield's shows... See full summary »

Director:

Harry Beaumont

Writers:

Edmund Goulding (story), Sarah Y. Mason (continuity), and 3 more credits »

Stars:

Bessie Love, Anita Page and Charles King
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Harriet and Queenie Mahoney, a vaudeville act, come to Broadway, where their friend Eddie Kerns needs them for his number in one of Francis Zanfield's shows. Eddie was in love with Harriet, but when he meets Queenie, he falls in love to her, but she is courted by Jock Warriner, a member of the New Yorker high society. It takes a while till Queenie recognizes, that she is for Jock nothing more than a toy, and it also takes a while till Harriet recognizes, that Eddie is in love with Queenie. Written by Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>  

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Plot Keywords:

Sibling Rivalry | Flapper | Audition | New York City | Sister Act  | See more »

Taglines:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's TALKING SINGING DANCING Dramatic Sensation See more »

Genres:

Musical | Romance

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

The Broadway Melody of 1929 See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$379,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$2,808,000 (USA)
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

(TCM print)

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System) | Silent

Color:

Black and White  | Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.20 : 1
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Trivia

The first film to win Best Picture without winning any other Academy Awards. See more »

Quotes

Hank Mahoney: [after a cat-fight with a chorus girl] Next time I'll give you a facial instead of a scalp treatment!
Chorus Girl: I'll fix you, ya little peanut!
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Connections

Featured in Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood (2005) See more »

Soundtracks

"Truthful Parson Brown"
(1928) (uncredited)
Written by Willard Robison
Played and Sung by guitarists Eddie Bush, Paul Gibbons, Bill Seckler and Ches Kirkpatrick See more »