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The Broadway Melody, also known as The Broadway Melody of 1929, is a 1929 American pre-Code musical film and the first sound film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture.
The Broadway Melody: Directed by Harry Beaumont. With Charles King, Anita Page, Bessie Love, Eddie Kane. A pair of sisters from the vaudeville circuit try to make it big time on Broadway, but matters of the heart complicate the attempt.
The Broadway Melody (1929), which premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theater on February 1st, 1929, was MGM's first all-talking picture.
Now, Hank must sort out the tangle of aspirations and emotions that form this tragic love triangle. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer pulls out all the stops for its first talking motion picture, setting a new...
A pair of sisters from the vaudeville circuit try to make it big time on Broadway, but matters of the heart complicate the attempt. Hank 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.
Vaudeville sisters "Hank" (Bessie Love) and Queenie Mahoney (Anita Page) take their act to the Broadway stage in New York when Eddie (Charles King), a professional song-and-dance man appearing in...
- (31)
- Musical
The Broadway Melody is one of the first films in the sound era to use an almost completely synchronized soundtrack. The top-grossing picture in its year of release, it was widely praised by critics and was the first sound movie to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
The Broadway Melody, also known as The Broadway Melody of 1929, is a 1929 American pre-Code musical film and the first sound film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture.
May 5, 2019 · The Broadway Melody (1929) was not only Hollywood’s first full-length talking musical, but also the first sound film and movie musical to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. The Talking, Singing and Dancing Dramatic Sensation!
The vaudeville act of Harriet and Queenie Mahoney comes to Broadway, where their friend Eddie Kerns needs them for his number in one of Francis Zanfield's shows. When Eddie meets Queenie, he soon falls in love with her—but she is already being courted by Jock Warriner, a member of New York high society.
