Broadway Melody, The

Broadway Melody, The

1929

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 a new show, invites his girlfriend Hank to join him. Soon after, Eddie transfers his affections to Queenie, who attempts to do right by her sister by dating another man -- high society member Jock Warriner (Kenneth Thompson). The showbiz melodrama is quickly overshadowed by the romantic subplot.

Each moment of this great motion picture reveals new miracles of the talking screen (Print Ad-The Dispatch,((Lexington, S.C)) 9 September 1929)

JBscale
46
Mediocre

Film Detail

Genre
Musical - Drama
Length
1 hr. 40 mins.
US Theatrical Release
June 6, 1929
US Box Office
No Data Available
Global Office
$9,500,440 (#3367 of 4373)
Rating
NR
Not Rated

Collection Detail

Edition
Digital Only
Resolution | Digital Platform
Aspect Ratio
FS 1.37:1
Audio
English: DD+ 5.1
Studio
Warner Brothers
Released
July 25, 2023
Acquired Date
April 2, 2024
Times Seen
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Actors

Charles King
Charles King
Anita Page
Anita Page
Bessie Love
Bessie Love
Eddie Kane
Eddie Kane
J. Emmett Beck
J. Emmett Beck
Jed Prouty
Jed Prouty
Kenneth Thomson
Kenneth Thomson

Directors

Harry Beaumont
Harry Beaumont

Producers

Harry Rapf
Harry Rapf
Irving Thalberg
Irving Thalberg
Lawrence Weingarten
Lawrence Weingarten

Writers

Edmund Goulding
Edmund Goulding
Norman Houston
Norman Houston
James Gleason
James Gleason

Awards & Accolades

  • 1928 Oscar : Best Picture

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Ratings

JB Users
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RT Rotten
42%
Tomatometer
31 votes
RT Stale
21%
Popcornmeter
180 votes
METASCORE
66
9 votes
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
8,287 votes