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Overview

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Director:
Roy Del Ruth
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Writers:
Moss Hart (story)
Jack McGowan (screenplay) ...
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Contact:
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Release Date:
20 September 1935 (USA) more
Genre:
Musical | Romance more
Tagline:
You have waited seven years for this!
Plot:
Bob Gordon is staging a new Broadway Show, but he is short of money. He gets an offer of money by the young widow Lilian... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 2 nominations more
User Comments:
Eleanor Powell bursts into stardom as a great dancer... more

Cast

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Jack Benny ... Bert Keeler
Eleanor Powell ... Irene Foster

Robert Taylor ... Robert Gordon
Una Merkel ... Kitty Corbett
Sid Silvers ... Snoop Blue

Buddy Ebsen ... Ted Burke
June Knight ... Lillian Brent
Vilma Ebsen ... Sally Burke
Nick Long Jr. ... Basil Newcombe
Robert Wildhack ... Hornblow
Paul Harvey ... Scully
Frances Langford ... Herself
Harry Stockwell ... Himself
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Broadway Melody of 1935 (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
101 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #1157)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Buddy Ebsen's first movie. more
Quotes:
Sally Burke: Why don't you go back and see Gordon?
Irene Foster: I will not!
Sally Burke: You *came* here to see him, didn't you?
Irene Foster: Yes, but I still have a little pride left.
Ted Burke: So's Gandhi, but he's getting awful thin.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Jack Benny Program: Musicale (#11.18)" (1961) more
Soundtrack:
On a Sunday Afternoon more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
Eleanor Powell bursts into stardom as a great dancer..., 1 January 2007
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Author: Neil Doyle from U.S.A.

Although this is clearly a showcase for the talented dynamo ELEANOR POWELL, MGM's forerunner to the tap-dancing Ann Miller, Broadway MELODY OF 1936 has some painfully clumsy musical moments that are mercifully offset by some brilliant dance routines by Powell. You have to take the good with the bad, and thankfully, the best moments are worth watching.

Worst of the lot, is the tenement roof dance "Sing Before Breakfast" sung by Buddy and Velma Ebsen while Powell does the dance steps, possibly the clumsiest musical moment in the whole film with an uninspired song to boot. But when Powell is daydreaming to "You Are My Lucky Star" her dancing reaches the zenith of her particular appeal as a performer. Lots of other musical moments are equally worthwhile, but as said before, there are some poorly staged moments too.

In fact, the whole story is an uneven blend of music and dance with a thin story serving as a mere excuse to introduce each new number. JACK BENNY, as a gossip columnist, and PHIL SILVERS, as "Snoop", his sidekick, have some funny moments in early screen appearances, and MGM's matinée idol ROBERT TAYLOR gets to sing a ditty or two in a pleasing enough fashion. Powell was always dubbed for her singing, in this case by Frances Langford.

It's not the best of the Broadway MELODY flicks, but has its moments of pure fun with the very talented Powell proving that she could even act a little between dance numbers.

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