Broadway (1929)
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67% of users liked it
(62 ratings)
This early musical features several song-and-dance numbers in the midst of a story about underworld criminals. Nick (Paul Porcasi), who runs the Paradise Night Club, is murdered by Steve (Robert Ellis), a bootlegger. Billie Moore (Merna Kennedy), a hoofer at the club, witnesses the killing but stays… More This early musical features several song-and-dance numbers in the midst of a story about underworld criminals. Nick (Paul Porcasi), who runs the Paradise Night Club, is murdered by Steve (Robert Ellis), a bootlegger. Billie Moore (Merna Kennedy), a hoofer at the club, witnesses the killing but stays mum about the dirty business until she finds out Steve's next target is Roy (Glenn Tryon), her dancing partner. Billie is determined to tell her story to the police before Roy winds up dead, but Steve isn't about to let that happen and kidnaps her. No synopsis of this film is complete without a mention of the then-remarkable camera crane, which director Paul Fejos had designed specifically for use on Broadway, allowing unusually fluid movement and access to nearly every conceivable angle. It could travel at 600 feet per minute and enlivened the visual style of any number of other films on the 20th Century Fox lot over the next several years. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Pál Fejös
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Musical & Performing Arts, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- May 27, 1929 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
The highlight being the nightclub vaudeville Broadway number as the finale, which is shot in a primitive but arresting color.
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Cast
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Glenn Tryon
as Roy Lane
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Evelyn Brent
as Pearl
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Merna Kennedy
as Billie Moore
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Thomas E. Jackson
as Dan McCorn
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Robert Ellis
as Steve Crandall
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Otis Harlan
as Porky Thompson
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Paul Porcasi
as Nick Verdis
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Marion Lord
as Lil Rice
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Fritz Feld
as Mose Leavett
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Leslie Fenton
as Scar Edwards
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George Davis
as Joe
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Betty Francisco
as Mazie
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Florence Dudley
as Ann
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Arthur Houseman
as Dolph
- Gus Arnheim
