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The Broadway Melody (1929)

The Broadway Melody (1929)

Drama Romance Music

All talking. All singing. All dancing.

Release Date: 1929, February 8
Directors: Harry Beaumont
Countries: United States of America
Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast: Eddie Kane, James Burrows, Bessie Love, Carl M. Leviness, Dorothy Vernon, Charlotte Merriam, Carla Laemmle, Jed Prouty, James Gleason, Blanche Payson, Paul Gibbons, Dorothy Coonan Wellman

Overview:

The vaudeville act of Harriet and Queenie Mahoney comes to Broadway, where their friend Eddie Kerns needs them for his number in one of Francis Zanfield's shows. When Eddie meets Queenie, he soon falls in love with her—but she is already being courted by Jock Warriner, a member of New York high society. Queenie eventually recognizes that, to Jock, she is nothing more than a toy, and that Eddie is in love with her.

Keywords:

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