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The Broadway Melody

Oscar™ Best Picture - Winning Movies

The Broadway Melody

1929

Harry Beaumont

Charles King, Anita Page, Bessie Love, Jed Prouty ...

5.9

591

Musical. Romance. Comedy Harriet and Queenie Mahoney, a vaudeville act, come to Broadway, where their friend Eddie Kerns needs them for his number in one of Francis Zanfield's shows. Eddie was in love with Harriet, but when he meets Queenie, he falls in love to her, but she is courted by Jock Warriner, a member of the New Yorker high society. It takes a while till Queenie recognizes, that she is for Jock nothing more than a toy, and it also takes a while till ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Mordaunt Hall The New York Times	"While this film boasts of many a gruff incident, it has been rather cleverly directed by Harry Beaumont"	NEU
United States	Sid Silverman Variety	"A basic story with some sense to it, action, excellent direction, laughs, a tear, a couple of great performances and plenty of sex."	POS
United States	Irene Thirer New York Daily News	"What a picture! (...) A knockout, sure-fire hit, any way you look at it. Direction, dialogue, songs, continuity, scenario- all done by experts, at experts' best. And acting that is superb."	POS
United States	J.R. Jones Chicago Reader	"The staging is wooden, the story insipid, and the dialogue sequences mostly painful (...) Despite its considerable drawbacks, this still strikes a revolutionary spark."	NEU
United States	James Berardinelli ReelViews	"If only 'The Broadway Melody' was as entertaining as it is historically relevant... (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU

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