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The Broadway Melody of 1929 [Repackaged] [DVD] [1929]
SKU:9695948
Release Date:01/08/2008
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Description
This landmark MGM backstage musical of the early sound era about broken dreams on the Great White Way features a bevy of standards by the songwriting team of Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown. Freed later became unit producer of the legendary Freed Unit at MGM, which is the reason many of the tunes from Broadway Melody --""You Were Meant For Me"", "Broadway Melody", ""The Wedding of the Painted Doll""-- later appeared in Freed's seminal MGM musical Singin' in the Rain. The nominal story concerns midwestern sister act The Mahoney Sisters --Queenie (Anita Page) and Hank (Bessie Love)-- who 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.~Paul Brenner
Features
Medley of marvelous musical shorts from the vault: The Dogway Melody, Musicals: Van & Schenck and a gallery of 5 Metro Movietone Revues
Broadway Melody Musicals trailer gallery
Director
- Harry Beaumont
Writers
- James Gleason
- Norman Houston
- Sarah Y. Mason
Cast
- Anita PageQueenie Mahoney
- Bessie LoveHank Mahoney
- Charles KingEddie Kearns
- Jed ProutyUncle Jed
- Ken ThomsonJock Warriner
- Edward DillonStage Manager
- Mary DoranFlo
- Eddie KaneFrancis Zanfield
- Marshall RuthStew
- Drew DemarestTurpe
- Nacio Herb BrownPianist
- Ray CookeBellhop
- James GleasonMusic Publisher
Crew
- Harry RapfProducer
- Edmund GouldingScreen Story
- John ArnoldCinematographer
- Arthur FreedComposer (Music Score)
- Nacio Herb BrownComposer (Music Score)
- Sam S. ZimbalistEditor
- William LeVanwayEditor
- Cedric GibbonsArt Director
- David CoxCostume Designer
- Earl W. BaldwinIntertitle Writer
- George CunninghamChoreography
- Arthur FreedLyricist
- Douglas ShearerSound Director
- Sarah Y. MasonContinuity
Details
- GenreConcerts Operas and Musicals,Drama
- SubgenreBackstage Musical,Showbiz Comedy
- TitleThe Broadway Melody
- Countries ProducedUnited States
- Duration104 minutes
- Year of Release1929
- Product TagsDVD, Repackaged
- FormatDVD
- Program TypeMovie
- Sound Featuresmonaural
- Screen FormatBlack & White
- Aspect Ratio1.33:1
- LanguageEnglish
- SubtitlesEnglish, French, Spanish
- Region Code1
- StudioWarner Home Video
Other
- Product NameThe Broadway Melody of 1929 [Repackaged] [DVD] [1929]
- UPC883929002474
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