The Broadway Melody
All talking. All singing. All dancing.
1929 | 101m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Harry Beaumont |
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| Writer: | Edmund Goulding |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 08, 1929 |
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| Director: | Harry Beaumont |
| Writer: | Edmund Goulding |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance, Music |
| Keywords | love triangle, new york city, dancing, show business, musical, tap dancing, singer, singing, black and white, undressing, broadway, pre-code, vaudeville, dressing room, showbiz, chorus girl, broadway show, dance act, sisterhood, partially lost film, show girls, sister sister relationship, sisters love, dancing girls |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $4,358,000
Budget: $379,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Charles King | Eddie Kearns |
| Anita Page | Queenie Mahoney |
| Bessie Love | Hank Mahoney |
| Betty Arthur | Chorus Dancer (uncredited) |
| J. Emmett Beck | Babe Hatrick (uncredited) |
| Nacio Herb Brown | Pianist (uncredited) |
| James Burrows | Singer (uncredited) |
| Eddie Bush | Quartet Guitarist and Singer (uncredited) |
| Ray Cooke | Bellhop (uncredited) |
| Drew Demorest | Turpe - Costumer (uncredited) |
| Edward Dillon | Dillon - Stage Manager (uncredited) |
| Mary Doran | Flo (uncredited) |
| Arthur Freed | Bystander in Rehearsal Room (uncredited) |
| Paul Gibbons | Quartet Guitarist and Singer (uncredited) |
| James Gleason | Music Publisher (uncredited) |
| Eddie Kane | Francis Zanfield (uncredited) |
| Ches Kirkpatrick | Quartet Guitarist and Singer (uncredited) |
| Carla Laemmle | Specialty Dancer (uncredited) |
| Eddie Lang | Guitar Player in Band (uncredited) |
| Carl M. Leviness | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Angella Mawby | One of the Mawby Triplets (uncredited) |
| Claudette Mawby | One of the Mawby Triplets (uncredited) |
| Claudine Mawby | One of the Mawby Triplets (uncredited) |
| Charlotte Merriam | Flapper in Pearl Necklace (uncredited) |
| Joyce Murray | Specialty Dancer (uncredited) |
| Blanche Payson | Wardrobe Lady (uncredited) |
| Alice Pitman | Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
| Jed Prouty | Uncle Jed (uncredited) |
| Marshall Ruth | Stew - Mr. Zanfield's Assistant (uncredited) |
| Bill Seckler | Quartet Guitarist and Singer (uncredited) |
| Kenneth Thomson | Jock Warriner (uncredited) |
| Diana Verne | Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
| Dorothy Vernon | Hotel Housekeeper (uncredited) |
| Alice Weaver | Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
| Dorothy Coonan Wellman | Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Harry Beaumont | Director |
| Edmund Goulding | Writer |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| James Gleason | Dialogue |
| Sarah Y. Mason | Continuity |
| Douglas Shearer | Recording Supervision, Sound Recordist |
| Nacio Herb Brown | Music, Songs |
| John Arnold | Director of Photography |
| Sam Zimbalist | Editor |
| Norman Houston | Dialogue |
| Arthur Freed | Lyricist |
| David Cox | Wardrobe Designer |
| O.O. Ceccarini | Sound |
| Wesley C. Miller | Sound |
| G.A. Burns | Sound |
| Louis Kolb | Sound |
| George Cunningham | Choreographer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Harry Rapf | Producer |
| Irving Thalberg | Producer |
| Lawrence Weingarten | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actor | N/A | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Louis Sorin | Won |
| Academy Awards | Best Picture | N/A | Won |
| Academy Awards | Best Actor | George Arliss | Won |
Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 7 |
| 2024 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 8 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 6 |
| 2025 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
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