The Broadway Melody

The Broadway Melody

101 mins | Drama, Romance | Feb. 8, 1929

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. Queenie eventually recognises that, to Jock, she is nothing more than a toy, and that Eddie is in love with her.

The Broadway Melody

101 mins | Drama, Romance | Feb. 8, 1929

The Broadway Melody
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. Queenie eventually recognises that, to Jock, she is nothing more than a toy, and that Eddie is in love with her.
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title The Broadway Melody
Directors Sarah Y. Mason, Harry Beaumont
Writers Norman Houston, Edmund Goulding, James Gleason, Arthur Freed

Cast

Charles King

as Eddie Kearns

Anita Page

as Queenie Mahoney

Bessie Love

as Hank Mahoney

Betty Arthur

as Chorus Dancer (uncredited)

J. Emmett Beck

as Babe Hatrick (uncredited)

Nacio Herb Brown

as Pianist (uncredited)

James Burrows

as Singer (uncredited)

Eddie Bush

as Quartet Guitarist and Singer (uncredited)

Ray Cooke

as Bellhop (uncredited)

Drew Demorest

as Turpe - Costumer (uncredited)

Edward Dillon

as Dillon - Stage Manager (uncredited)

Mary Doran

as Flo (uncredited)

Arthur Freed

as Bystander in Rehearsal Room (uncredited)

Paul Gibbons

as Quartet Guitarist and Singer (uncredited)

James Gleason

as Music Publisher (uncredited)

Eddie Kane

as Francis Zanfield (uncredited)

Ches Kirkpatrick

as Quartet Guitarist and Singer (uncredited)

Carla Laemmle

as Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

Eddie Lang

as Guitar Player in Band (uncredited)

Carl M. Leviness

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Angella Mawby

as One of the Mawby Triplets (uncredited)

Claudette Mawby

as One of the Mawby Triplets (uncredited)

Claudine Mawby

as One of the Mawby Triplets (uncredited)

Charlotte Merriam

as Flapper in Pearl Necklace (uncredited)

Joyce Murray

as Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

Blanche Payson

as Wardrobe Lady (uncredited)

Alice Pitman

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Jed Prouty

as Uncle Jed (uncredited)

Marshall Ruth

as Stew - Mr. Zanfield's Assistant (uncredited)

Bill Seckler

as Quartet Guitarist and Singer (uncredited)

Kenneth Thomson

as Jock Warriner (uncredited)

Diana Verne

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Dorothy Vernon

as Hotel Housekeeper (uncredited)

Alice Weaver

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Dorothy Coonan Wellman

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)