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Angels Over Broadway

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Rita Hayworth and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in Angels Over Broadway (1940)
AdventureComedyCrime
A cuckolded embezzler on the verge of suicide is helped by a tout, an alcoholic playwright, and a pick-up girl to reimburse the money with a gambling sting.A cuckolded embezzler on the verge of suicide is helped by a tout, an alcoholic playwright, and a pick-up girl to reimburse the money with a gambling sting.A cuckolded embezzler on the verge of suicide is helped by a tout, an alcoholic playwright, and a pick-up girl to reimburse the money with a gambling sting.
IMDb RATING
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1.2K
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POPULARITY
61,561
11,118
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    • Directors
      • Ben Hecht
      • Lee Garmes
    • Writer
      • Ben Hecht
    • Stars
      • Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
      • Rita Hayworth
      • Thomas Mitchell
    Top credits
    • Directors
      • Ben Hecht
      • Lee Garmes
    • Writer
      • Ben Hecht
    • Stars
      • Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
      • Rita Hayworth
      • Thomas Mitchell
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    • 24User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 1 nomination total

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    Rita Hayworth, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Caroline Frasher in Angels Over Broadway (1940)
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    Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
    Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
    • Bill O'Brien
    Rita Hayworth
    Rita Hayworth
    • Nina Barona
    Thomas Mitchell
    Thomas Mitchell
    • Gene Gibbons
    John Qualen
    John Qualen
    • Charles Engle
    George Watts
    • Hopper
    Ralph Theodore
    • Dutch Enright
    Eddie Foster
    • Louie Artino
    Jack Roper
    • Eddie Burns
    Constance Worth
    Constance Worth
    • Sylvia Marbe
    Harry Antrim
    Harry Antrim
    • Court Clerk
    • (uncredited)
    Walter Baldwin
    Walter Baldwin
    • Rennick
    • (uncredited)
    Richard Bond
    Richard Bond
    • Stevie - Sylvia's Escort
    • (uncredited)
    Jack Carr
    • Tony
    • (uncredited)
    James Conaty
    • Nightclub Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Frank Conlan
    • Joe
    • (uncredited)
    Jimmy Conlin
    Jimmy Conlin
    • Pawn Shop Proprietor
    • (uncredited)
    Catherine Courtney
    Catherine Courtney
    • Miss Karpin
    • (uncredited)
    Carmen D'Antonio
    Carmen D'Antonio
    • Nightclub Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Ben Hecht
      • Lee Garmes
    • Writer
      • Ben Hecht
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      Walter Baldwin (Rennick) and Stanley Brown (Master of Ceremonies) are listed by a modern source as cast members for those roles, but they did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie.
    • Goofs
      When Gene goes over to his soon to be ex-wife in the club, the ashtray fills up between cuts.
    • Quotes

      Eugene 'Gene' Gibbons: Put your scissors away, Delilah, my hair's all cut.

      [looking at her male escort]

      Eugene 'Gene' Gibbons: Is this stylish fellow my successor?

      Sylvia Marbe: Gene, you're drunk!

      Eugene 'Gene' Gibbons: Darling, you understate the case by three bottles and a thousand tears!

      [laughs]

      Eugene 'Gene' Gibbons: Avaunt!

    • Connections
      Referenced in The Fisher King (1991)
    • Soundtracks
      My Man
      (Mon Homme)

      Music by Maurice Yvain

      French lyrics by Jacques Charles and Albert Willemetz

      English lyrics by Channing Pollock

    User reviews24

    Review
    Top review
    Rita Really Delivers In This Interesting Film
    I first became friends with Rita when I was 22 and the same age as she is in this only film of hers I had never seen till last night. On that night she and Hermes Pan (master choreographer)were slumming to show her what a coffee house was like, and my roommate who knew Hermes invited them to the hippie like house in an alley way in West Hollywood we shared.We both were in love with the Goddess and did black magic (amateur)to see that Hermes would bring her and it worked.Rita was 38 an still beautiful,a gypsy who drank our cheap wine,and we talked and laughed till dawn. From that day forward,we spent three or four nights a week at her home on Hartford and she often burnt dinner for us and we drank Dom Perignon and we danced and laughed and she told stories and her Brooklyn accent would come out (I hear it a lot in ANGELS) Rita always insisted she could act and this film showed her talent and some of her incredible allure which was emerging.I think she did BLOOD AND SAND the next year where she was outrageously sensual and cruel.She was great in that.Paulene Kael disliked her because she was dubbed by Anita Ellis in most films even though Rita had a decent voice. I found this Hecht film to be far ahead of its time with terrific casting and dialogue which sounded like Mankiewicz in a way,and a touch of Damon Runyon with sophistication.It is an odd, and terrific film and my Rita was really good and I watched her and she "listened" to other actors like a seasoned performer.She still is magical and her presence on film still excites.
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    • Nov 13, 2011

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    • Release date
      • October 2, 1940 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Broadway Melekleri
    • Production company
      • Columbia Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 19 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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