The Broadway Melody Movie Information

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Overall Rank: 7254

Average Rating: 2.6/4

# of Ratings: 29

Theatrical Release Date: 02/01/1929

Language: English

Genre: Musical

MPAA Rating: PG

Director: Harry Beaumont

Actors: J. Emmett Beck, Bessie Love, Kenneth Thomson, Charles King, Jed Prouty, Mary Doran

Plot: Two girls come from a vaudeville act to try out for a Broadway show in which they THINK they are sure to make it.

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2.5/4

Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 05/27/2019

"The Broadway Melody" was game changing back in the early days of musicals, but it's kind of stale by today's standards.

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3/4

Alex - wrote on 03/17/2007

This was a very pleasant surprise! Only two years removed from the first talking movie, this one dances, laughs, talks, and does it all pretty good. I was entertained and could follow the story. A little dated, but worth a look.

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Review - The Broadway Melody (1929)

Delorted - wrote on 11/05/2007

Hank and Queenie Mahoney (Bessie Love and Anita Page) were just two sisters looking for a good job on Broadway, which they got when their friend Eddie Kerns (Charles King) wrote a song for a revue. Sparks, both good and bad, fly between the sisters and Eddie in the Best Picture winner, “The Broadway Melody.”

What’s interesting about calling this film a musical is that the music is merely a gimmick and plays only a small part in the film. The real attraction is the characters, as well as the love triangle between the three leads. Their brawls really capture the audience and can get very emotion, in a good way. The actors and actress give it their all, even if they seem to give a bit too much of a stage delivery to most lines, which you can’t really blame them for as modern …

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