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The Broadway Melody, also known as The Broadway Melody of 1929, is a 1929 American pre-Code musical film and the first sound film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture.
The Broadway Melody: Directed by Harry Beaumont. With Charles King, Anita Page, Bessie Love, Eddie Kane. A pair of sisters from the vaudeville circuit try to make it big time on Broadway, but matters of the heart complicate the attempt.
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- Drama, Musical, Romance
- Harry Beaumont
- 1929-06-06
Warner Bros. Entertainment. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer pulls out all the stops for its first talking motion picture, setting a new standard for big-budget films and establishing an archetype for decades...
Enjoy the free download and streaming of ThBrdwyMldy1929, a classic Broadway musical from the Internet Archive. Listen to the songs and relive the golden age of theater.
Eddie, a smalltime vaudeville hoofer, writes a hit song and is hired by Broadway producer Zanfield to perform in one of his revues. Having long been in love with "Hank" Mahoney, the older member of a vaudeville sister act, Eddie persuades her to leave her current show and come to New York with her sister, Queenie.
- Harry Beaumont
- Anita Page
Vaudeville sisters "Hank" (Bessie Love) and Queenie Mahoney (Anita Page) take their act to the Broadway stage in New York when Eddie (Charles King), a professional song-and-dance man appearing in...
- (31)
- Musical
A vaudeville act of sisters tries to make it big on Broadway, but their romance and career are complicated by jealousy and betrayal. Read the full plot outline, synopsis, and cast and crew information for this early musical film.
