The Broadway Melody Page #3

Synopsis: 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 Harriet recognizes, that Eddie is in love with Queenie.
Director(s): Harry Beaumont
Production: MGM Home Entertainment
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Rotten Tomatoes:
35%
PASSED
Year:
1929
100 min
368 Views


...and you made me stick it out?

Well, now I'm gonna do

something for you.

Zanfield's bought my new song,

"The Broadway Melody."

And he's naming his revue after it.

- But I've already spoken to him about you.

- You think we've got a chance?

Chance? Don't be silly.

One word from me, and you're in.

- Queenie, ain't that great?

- Sure, if it's true.

True? You don't know

how I stand with Zanfield.

- Lf we're in, what do we do?

- When do we start?

And how much do we get?

You're gonna sing

my "Broadway Melody" with me.

The Mahoney Sisters and Eddie Kearns.

Yeah, Eddie Kearns

and the Mahoney Sisters.

Well, how does it go?

How's it go? Now, listen, I sing a verse,

and you come in on the chorus.

Then we do another chorus,

and then go into a little dance.

- Give us an idea of the dance.

- I'll give you an idea.

- Good?

- Swell, Eddie, do it again.

Let's move back this table, kids.

We'll do our dance.

All ready, girls?

Come on, now, let's go.

There you are.

Queenie, why don't you look at my feet?

Look at her.

Attagirl!

You like that?

Don't do that.

Don't do that!

Hey, wait a minute, wait a minute!

- What's the matter with the left leg?

- I've got a headache.

Go on, sit down,

take a load off your mind.

- Don't talk to me like that. I don't feel well.

- Listen, don't answer me back, understand?

Come here.

There's Eddie. Hello, hey!

Your rhythm is all wrong.

Nothing like I showed you.

All right, now watch.

- Hello, Eddie.

- Hello, how are you?

We had a tough time getting in!

When do we show the act?

In a few minutes.

I haven't had a chance

to talk to Zanfield yet.

- It's okay, ain't it?

- We're in?

Sure, it's in the bank.

- Whatever I say goes.

- Hey, Kearns!

Yes, sir?

We don't wanna take all afternoon

to set one dance.

Yes, sir.

Maybe we'd better get undressed.

Come on.

All right, Sam, let it go.

- Oh, George.

- Wait a minute, hold it there. Hold it, Sam.

The sets are all ready

for your okay, Mr. Zanfield.

That's just an idea

of what it's gonna be.

I can see that. It's just an idea.

Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

But don't worry, I'll fix it.

- Okay on those sets.

- Yes, sir.

Remind me to see that rehearsal

in the morning. Make a note of that.

I'm having lunch at the Knickerbocker.

Oh, Mr. Zanfield, this material, I couldn't

get it in the gold design, only in the silver.

- Isn't it lovely?

- It's fine. Get it in the gold.

- Remember, I want that in the gold.

- Yes, sir.

Oh, Mr. Zanfield, pardon me, will you take

a look at the Mahoney Sisters right now?

- The Maloney Sisters?

- No, the Mahoney Sisters.

- Who are they? I never heard of them.

- It's the sister act I told you about.

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Edmund Goulding

Edmund Goulding (20 March 1891 – 24 December 1959) was a British film writer and director. As an actor early in his career he was one of the 'Ghosts' in the 1922 British made Paramount silent Three Live Ghosts alongside Norman Kerry and Cyril Chadwick. Also in the early 1920s he wrote several screenplays for star Mae Murray for films directed by her then husband Robert Z. Leonard. Goulding is best remembered for directing cultured dramas such as Love (1927), Grand Hotel (1932) with Greta Garbo and Joan Crawford, Dark Victory (1939) with Bette Davis, and The Razor's Edge (1946) with Gene Tierney and Tyrone Power. He also directed the classic film noir Nightmare Alley (1947) with Tyrone Power and Joan Blondell, and the action drama The Dawn Patrol. He was also a successful songwriter, composer, and producer. more…

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