Broadway Thru a Keyhole

Broadway Thru a Keyhole

90 mins | Drama, Romance, Music | Nov. 2, 1933

Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan's famous Broadway night spot. He uses his influence to help her get a starring role in the show, hoping that it will also get Joan to fall in love with him. After scoring a hit, Joan accepts Frank's marriage proposal, more out of gratitude than love. The situation gets even stickier when she falls for a handsome band leader during a trip to Florida. Can she tell Frank she's in love with someone else?

Broadway Thru a Keyhole

90 mins | Drama, Romance, Music | Nov. 2, 1933

Broadway Thru a Keyhole
Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan's famous Broadway night spot. He uses his influence to help her get a starring role in the show, hoping that it will also get Joan to fall in love with him. After scoring a hit, Joan accepts Frank's marriage proposal, more out of gratitude than love. The situation gets even stickier when she falls for a handsome band leader during a trip to Florida. Can she tell Frank she's in love with someone else?
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers 20th Century Pictures
Original title Broadway Thru a Keyhole
Directors Lowell Sherman
Writers Gene Towne, Walter Winchell, C. Graham Baker

Cast

Constance Cummings

as Joan Whelan

Russ Columbo

as Clark Brian

Paul Kelly

as Frank Rocci

Blossom Seeley

as Sybil Smith

Gregory Ratoff

as Max Mafoofski

Texas Guinan

as Tex Kaley

Hugh O'Connell

as Chuck Haskins

Hobart Cavanaugh

as Peanuts Dinwiddie

Abe Lyman

as Orchestra leader

Frances Williams

as Frances Williams

Eddie Foy Jr.

as Joan's partner

George Mann

as George Mann -Columnist

C. Henry Gordon

as Tim Crowley

William Burgess

as Thomas Barnum

Helen Jerome Eddy

as Esther

Edith Allen

as Girl with Louie

Franklyn Ardell

as Columnist #1

Lucille Ball

as Chorine / Girl at the Beach

Ronnie Cosby

as Little Boy

Susan Fleming

as Chorine

Arthur Franklin

as Pianist

Mary Gordon

as Cleaning Woman

Theresa Harris

as Joan's Maid

Rodney Hildebrandt

as Member of Rocci's Mob

John Kelly

as Louie (uncredited)

Ethan Laidlaw

as Member of Rocci's Mob

Charles Lane

as Columnist #2

Tom London

as Member of Rocci's Mob

George Magrill

as Member of Rocci's Mob

Sam McDaniel

as Gus - Rocci's Valet

Marceline Medcalf

as Little Girl

Edmund Mortimer

as Nightclub Dance Extra

Dennis O'Keefe

as Nightclub Dance Extra

Donna Mae Roberts

as Chorine

Fred Santley

as Decorator

Ann Sothern

as Singer

Billy Sullivan

as Member of Rocci's Mob

Andrew Tombes

as Sidney - Columnist

Bradley Ward

as Willie Stacko

Walter Winchell

as Walter Wenchell - Newscaster