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| Genre/Form: | Feature films Films for the hearing impaired Musical films Comedy films Romance films Fiction films Drama Teatro |
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| Material Type: | Videorecording |
| Document Type: | Visual material |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Edmund Goulding; Arthur Freed; Nacio Herb Brown; Norman Houston; James Gleason; Harry Beaumont; Charles King; Anita Page; Bessie Love; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.; Loew's Incorporated.; Turner Entertainment Co.; Warner Home Video (Firm) |
| ISBN: | 0790748347 9780790748344 |
| OCLC Number: | 57450312 |
| Language Note: | In English with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish; closed-captioned. |
| Notes: | Special features: Dogway Melody [featurette] (16 min.); Metro Movietone Revues (#1-4, #7) [featurette] (72 min.); Musical: Van & Schenck [featurette] (5 min.); Broadway trailer gallery [Previews] (13 min.). |
| Credits: | Photography, John Arnold; art director, Cedric Gibbons; editor, Sam S. Zimbalist ; wardrobe, David Cox. |
| Cast: | Charles King, Anita Page, Bessie Love. |
| Production notes: | Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1929. |
| Awards: | Winner, 1930 Academy Award for Best picture--M-G-M. |
| Target Audience: | MPAA rating: Not rated; Canadian Home Video Rating: Rated G. |
| Description: | 1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Details: | DVD; Region 1; Dolby Digital mono.; standard presentation preserving the 1.20:1 aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition. |
| Contents: | Credits -- "Broadway Melody" (I) -- Queenie and Hank -- Uncle Jed's offer -- "Broadway Melody" (II) -- Audition sabotage -- Sister team -- Backstage nerves -- "Broadway Melody" (III) -- "Love Boat" -- Raves for Queenie -- It's not a date -- Giving girls a ring -- "You Were Meant for Me" -- No mood to party -- "Truthful Parson Brown" -- Birthday bracelet -- What Queenie wants -- "Wedding of the Painted Doll" -- "Boy Friend" -- Lovers' quarrel -- Fighting for Queenie -- Offer taken -- Queenie's choice -- "Born Troupers" -- "Harmony Babies" hits the road -- Cream in the can. |
| Other Titles: | Best picture Oscar collection - musicals. Broadway melody (Motion Picture : 1929) The Broadway melody |
| Responsibility: | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; controlled by Loew's Incorporated ; story by Edmund Goulding ; lyrics by Arthur Freed ; music by Nacio Herb Brown ; dialogue by Norman Houston and James Gleason ; directed by Harry Beaumont. |
| Local System Bib Number: | 184076 |
Abstract:
The Broadway Melody offers snarky, wiseacre humor, and effervescent charm. The Mahoney Sisters are successful singers in the boondocks, and now they've come to New York for the big time. Hank (Henrietta) is the smart one, while Queenie is the beautiful one--as Hank's fiancé Eddie Kearns says, they're "a coupla swell kids." Songwriter Eddie gets the girls a part in a revue featuring his song, "The Broadway Melody." Eddie, long engaged to Hank, falls for Queenie, whom he hasn't seen since she was a little girl. But Eddie and Queenie are both devoted to Hank, so Queenie gives in to the wooing of one of the show's rich backers, so as not to come between Hank and Eddie. This only causes more trouble, because both Hank and Eddie know exactly what kind of danger Queenie is courting by putting herself in a playboy's hands.
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