The Broadway Melody
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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DVD-R Details
- ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 1.37:1
- Run Time: 1 hours, 40 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: November 6, 2018
- Originally Released: 1929
- Label: Warner Archives
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Charles King, Anita Page & Bessie Love | |
Directed by | Harry Beaumont | |
Art Direction by | Cedric Gibbons | |
Director of Photography: | John Arnold |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 2/4 --
Mediocre performances and poorly-constructed musical numbers are the low points in this modestly interesting all-talking, all-singing production.
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Cinema Sight
It should perhaps be remembered that many musicals contain darkness, deep cynicism, and even high tragedy.
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Nerdist
Excellent bits of sound workmanship are that of camera and mike following Page and the heavy along the dance floor to pick up their conversation as they glide.
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Variety
...cinematic evolution long ago froze The Broadway Melody in Precambrian amber. But while the movie is hopelessly dated now, it was the bee's knees in its day.
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DVDJournal.com
Rating: C+ --
The first musical to win the Oscar, Broadway Melody is a weak song-and-dance picture, but at the time the movie was so popular that it launched a whole series
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EmanuelLevy.Com
Although the audible devices worked exceedingly well in most instances, it is questionable whether it would not have been wiser to leave some of the voices to the imagination.
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New York Times
Zowie! What a picture! Humor, drama, romance, action, thrill! And how!
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New York Daily News
Description by OLDIES.com:
Midwestern sister act The Mahoney Sisters -- Queenie (Anita Page) and Hank (Bessie Love) -- come to New York to try to make it big on Broadway. Hank's song-and-dance man boyfriend Eddie (Charles King) has promised the gals a part in the new Broadway revue in which he is soon to appear. When Hank and Queenie come to see him, Hank is pleasantly surprised at the way Queenie has filled out. Soon enough, Eddie is making advances to Queenie. Queenie is attracted to Eddie too, but she doesn't want to steal her sister's boyfriend. So she Queenie takes up with a lecherous playboy, leaving it to Hank to put all the confused love relationships in perspective.
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 22,250
- UPC: 888574771461
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