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The Broadway melody /

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 sa...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Broadway melody (Motion Picture : 1929)
Main Author: Brown, Nacio Herb, 1896-1964 (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Loew's Incorporated, Turner Entertainment Co, Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Goulding, Edmund, 1891-1959 (Screenwriter), Freed, Arthur, 1894-1973 (Lyricist), Houston, Norman (Screenwriter), Gleason, James, 1886-1959 (Screenwriter), Beaumont, Harry, 1888-1966 (Director), King, Charles, 1889-1944 (Actor), Page, Anita, 1910-2008 (Actor), Love, Bessie (Actor)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:In English with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish; closed-captioned.
Published: Burbank, CA : Turner Entertainment Co. : [2005]
Edition:Special ed.
Subjects:
Sisters > Drama.
Entertainers > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) > Drama.
Theater > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Broadway (New York, N.Y.) > Drama.
New York (N.Y.) > Drama.
Relaciones hombre-mujer > Teatro.
Musical films.
Comedy films.
Romance films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary: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.
Item Description: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.).
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; Region 1; Dolby Digital mono.; standard presentation preserving the 1.20:1 aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition.
Audience:MPAA rating: Not rated; Canadian Home Video Rating: Rated G.
Awards:Academy Awards, 1930: Best picture (MGM).
Production Credits:Photography, John Arnold; art director, Cedric Gibbons; editor, Sam S. Zimbalist ; wardrobe, David Cox.
ISBN:0790748347
9780790748344