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Original title

Broadway Babies

Year

1929

Running time

86 min.

Country

United States

Director

Mervyn LeRoy

Screenwriter

Monte M. Katterjohn, Humphrey Pearson, Jay Gelzer, Paul Perez

Cast

Music

Leo F. Forbstein

Cinematography

Sol Polito (B&W)

Producer

First National Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation

Genre

Drama. Musical

Synopsis

Dee lives with her two girlfriends in a boarding house. Billy is in love with Dee and runs the show where Dee is in the chorus. He has Dee stepping from the chorus to featured dancer. Gessant is a importer and gambler from Detroit. A gang is trying to keep him in town to fleece him and they use Dee as bait. He is introduced to Dee after her show and she and her friends go out with Gessant and his gambling buddies only because Dee is mad at Billy. Gessant helps her get another job as headliner at the New Moon Club. Billy and Dee break up over this job and Gessant falls for Dee. But Billy still loves Dee and Gessant loves Dee and Dee must choose who she wants.

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Broadway Daddies

1929

Mervyn LeRoy