Rating: NR
Genre:
Musical
Release Date: 01/08/2008
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 100 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
This landmark
MGM backstage musical of the early sound era about broken dreams on the Great White Way features a bevy of standards by the songwriting team of
Arthur Freed and
Nacio Herb Brown.
Freed later became unit producer of the legendary
Freed Unit at
MGM, which is the reason many of the tunes from
Broadway Melody --"
"You Were Meant For Me"",
"Broadway Melody", "
"The Wedding of the Painted Doll""-- later appeared in
Freed's seminal
MGM musical
Singin' in the Rain. The nominal story concerns midwestern sister act The Mahoney Sisters --Queenie (
Anita Page) and Hank (
Bessie Love)-- who come to New York to try to make it big on Broadway. Hank's song-and-dance man boyfriend Eddie (
Charles King) has promised the gals a part in the new Broadway revue in which he is soon to appear. When Hank and Queenie come to see him, Hank is pleasantly surprised at the way Queenie has filled out. Soon enough, Eddie is making advances to Queenie. Queenie is attracted to Eddie too, but she doesn't want to steal her sister's boyfriend. So she Queenie takes up with a lecherous playboy, leaving it to Hank to put all the confused love relationships in perspective.
~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
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