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Broadway Serenade

  • 1939
  • Passed
  • 1h 54m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
256
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Lew Ayres and Jeanette MacDonald in Broadway Serenade (1939)
A singer and a composer part for their careers, then reunite for their marriage.
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Mary Hale, a singer, and Jimmy Seymour, a pianist/composer, are a showbiz couple working in The Big Apple in small nightclubs hoping to hit it big. One night, Broadway producer Larry Bryant ... Read allMary Hale, a singer, and Jimmy Seymour, a pianist/composer, are a showbiz couple working in The Big Apple in small nightclubs hoping to hit it big. One night, Broadway producer Larry Bryant spots Mary and is taken with her beauty and golden voice. Larry Bryant asks her to auditio... Read allMary Hale, a singer, and Jimmy Seymour, a pianist/composer, are a showbiz couple working in The Big Apple in small nightclubs hoping to hit it big. One night, Broadway producer Larry Bryant spots Mary and is taken with her beauty and golden voice. Larry Bryant asks her to audition for Mr. Collier and have Jimmy accompany her. After hearing Mary, Collier wants Mary to ... Read all

  • Director
    • Robert Z. Leonard
  • Writers
    • Charles Lederer
    • Lew Lipton
    • John Taintor Foote
  • Stars
    • Jeanette MacDonald
    • Lew Ayres
    • Ian Hunter
  • See production, box office & company info
  • IMDb RATING
    5.6/10
    256
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Robert Z. Leonard
    • Writers
      • Charles Lederer
      • Lew Lipton
      • John Taintor Foote
    • Stars
      • Jeanette MacDonald
      • Lew Ayres
      • Ian Hunter
    • 14User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
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    Lew Ayres in Broadway Serenade (1939)
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    Lew Ayres and Jeanette MacDonald in Broadway Serenade (1939)
    Lew Ayres and Jeanette MacDonald in Broadway Serenade (1939)
    Lew Ayres and Jeanette MacDonald in Broadway Serenade (1939)
    Jeanette MacDonald in Broadway Serenade (1939)
    Lew Ayres, Ian Hunter, and Jeanette MacDonald in Broadway Serenade (1939)
    Lew Ayres and Jeanette MacDonald in Broadway Serenade (1939)
    Lew Ayres and Jeanette MacDonald in Broadway Serenade (1939)
    Lew Ayres and Jeanette MacDonald in Broadway Serenade (1939)
    Lew Ayres and Jeanette MacDonald in Broadway Serenade (1939)
    Jeanette MacDonald in Broadway Serenade (1939)

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    Jeanette MacDonald
    Jeanette MacDonald
    • Mary Hale
    Lew Ayres
    Lew Ayres
    • James Geoffrey Seymour
    Ian Hunter
    Ian Hunter
    • Larry Bryant
    Frank Morgan
    Frank Morgan
    • Cornelius Collier, Jr.
    Wally Vernon
    Wally Vernon
    • Joey the Jinx
    Rita Johnson
    Rita Johnson
    • Judith Tyrrell
    Virginia Grey
    Virginia Grey
    • Pearl
    William Gargan
    William Gargan
    • Bill
    Katharine Alexander
    Katharine Alexander
    • Harriet Ingalls
    Al Shean
    Al Shean
    • Herman
    Esther Dale
    Esther Dale
    • Mrs. Olsen
    Franklin Pangborn
    Franklin Pangborn
    • Gene
    E. Alyn Warren
    E. Alyn Warren
    • Everett
    • (as E. Allyn Warren)
    Paul Hurst
    Paul Hurst
    • Reynolds
    Frank Orth
    Frank Orth
    • Mr. Fellows
    Esther Howard
    Esther Howard
    • Mrs. Fellows
    Leon Belasco
    Leon Belasco
    • 'Squeaker'
    Kitty McHugh
    Kitty McHugh
    • Kitty the Maid
    • Director
      • Robert Z. Leonard
    • Writers
      • Charles Lederer
      • Lew Lipton
      • John Taintor Foote
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Busby Berkeley only directed the final musical number.
    • Quotes

      James: Lambchop, do you remember that wonderful, romantic honeymoon we never had?

      Mary: I remember it as though it were tomorrow.

    • Connections
      Featured in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Big Parade of Hits for 1940 (1940)
    • Soundtracks
      For Ev'ry Lonely Heart
      (1939) (uncredited)

      (Also called "Broadway Serenade" (1939))

      Music by Herbert Stothart and Edward Ward

      Lyrics by Gus Kahn

      Adapted from "None But the Lonely Heart" (1880)

      By Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Played by the studio orchestra during the opening credits

      Played on piano by Lew Ayres, on violin by Leon Belasco, on cello by Al Shean and sung by Jeanette MacDonald at the boardinghouse

      Reprised on piano by Lew Ayres, and sung Jeanette MacDonald in Collier's office

      Reprised with Jeanette MacDonald and chorus in the finale

    User reviews14

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    3/10
    Not Jeanette's best
    Through no fault of the players, this must be one of the worst major studio films of a great year for cinema--1939. Jeanette is charming as always, although I'd like to see her try Butterfly on stage without amplification. I'm afraid the orchestra would win that round! That said, she warbles beautifully and is great fun to watch.

    Lew Ayres plays a nearly saintly husband (albeit with a temper) and the supporting cast is just fine. The problems: a hackneyed script, and an incredibly tasteless and vulgar Busby Berkeley number to end the affair. Of course we expect BB's numbers to be over the top, we just don't expect them to be so poorly designed. Without this final extravaganza, I'd have given this a 5 at least, but after seeing that debacle, I'm giving it a 3.
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    • PeterPangloss
    • Mar 14, 2006

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 7, 1939 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Serenada ljubavi
    • Filming locations
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 54 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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