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The Broadway Melody (1929)

08/02/1929 (US)Music, Romance, Drama1h 41m
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All talking. All singing. All dancing.

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.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Charles King

      Eddie Kearns

    2. Anita Page

      Anita Page

      Queenie Mahoney

    3. Bessie Love

      Bessie Love

      Hank Mahoney

    4. Betty Arthur

      Chorus Dancer (uncredited)

    5. J. Emmett Beck

      Babe Hatrick (uncredited)

    6. Nacio Herb Brown

      Pianist (uncredited)

    7. James Burrows

      Singer (uncredited)

    8. Eddie Bush

      Quartet Guitarist and Singer (uncredited)

    9. Ray Cooke

      Bellhop (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    6.0
    Written by CinemaSerf on Jul 27, 2025

    “Eddie” (Charles King) invites his girlfriend “Hank” (Bessie Love) and her sister “Queenie” (Anita Page) to join a show being staged by legendary producer “Zanfeld” (Eddie Kane) on Broadway. That’s about as simple as the plot gets because quite swiftly he switches his allegiance to the other sister but she’s a decent sort of gal and tries to return the attentions of socialite “Jock” (Kenneth Thomson). Those attentions are really only skin deep, though, and as we watch we all too readily realise where the real love story lies. Whilst all of this melodrama is playing out, director Harry Beaumont...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

    Budget$379,000.00

    Revenue$4,358,000.00

    Keywords

    • new york city
    • dancing
    • love triangle
    • revue girls
    • show business
    • musical
    • tap dancing
    • singer
    • singing
    • black and white
    • undressing
    • broadway
    • pre-code
    • vaudeville
    • dressing room
    • wisecrack humor
    • showbiz
    • chorus girl
    • girl fight
    • crooner
    • broadway show
    • early sound film
    • dance act
    • sisterhood
    • partially lost film
    • sister act
    • show girls
    • stage show performer
    • sister sister relationship
    • vaudeville troupe
    • sisters love
    • many beautiful girls
    • dancing girls
    • sisters love same man