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Broadway Melody of 1936

Year:

1935

Duration:

101 min

Genres:

Musical | Romance

IMDB rate:

6.9

Director:

Roy Del Ruth

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 2 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1935-09-20

Filming Locations: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Gertrude Astor

Jack Benny

Bert Keeler

Eleanor Powell

Irene Foster

Robert Taylor

Bob Gordon

Una Merkel

Kitty Corbett

Sid Silvers

Snoop

Buddy Ebsen

Ted

June Knight

Lillian Brent

Vilma Ebsen

Sally

Nick Long Jr.

Basil

Robert Wildhack

The Snorer

Paul Harvey

Managing Editor

Frances Langford

Herself

Harry Stockwell

Himself

Lona Andre

Showgirl (uncredited)

Bonnie Bannon

Showgirl (uncredited)

Max Barwyn

Headwaiter (uncredited)

Agostino Borgato

Smoker (uncredited)

Edna Breyman

Showgirl (uncredited)

George 'Red' Callender

Sideline Musician (uncredited)

Jack Cavanaugh

Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

Beatrice Coleman

Showgirl (uncredited)

Irene Coleman

Showgirl (uncredited)

Diane Cook

Showgirl (uncredited)

Mary Lou Dix

Showgirl (uncredited)

Roger Edens

Pianist (uncredited)

Neely Edwards

Character Man (uncredited)

Adolph Faylauer

Smoker (uncredited)

Ada Ford

Showgirl (uncredited)

Robert Gordon

Copy Boy (uncredited)

Georgina Gray

Showgirl (uncredited)

Patricia Gregory

Showgirl (uncredited)

Jimmy Grier

Himself (uncredited)

Mary Halsey

Showgirl (uncredited)

Theresa Harris

Theresa - Maid (uncredited)

Bernadene Hayes

Waitress (uncredited)

Shep Houghton

Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

Marion Lange

Showgirl (uncredited)

Mary Lange

Showgirl (uncredited)

Treva Lawler

Waitress (uncredited)

Lorna Low

Showgirl (uncredited)

Lucille Lund

Showgirl (uncredited)

Connie Meyers

Showgirl (uncredited)

Roger Moore

Actor at Audtion (uncredited)

Edmund Mortimer

Man in Audience for Daydream Montage (uncredited)

Mollie Peck

Showgirl (uncredited)

Wanda Perry

Showgirl (uncredited)

Anya Taranda

Showgirl (uncredited)

Luana Walters

Showgirl (uncredited)

Buddy Williams

Pullman Porter

Don Wilson

Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The radio announcer who introduces Jack Benny is Don Wilson, the announcer on Benny's real-life radio program.

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Preceded by The Broadway Melody (1929) and followed by Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937) and Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940). Another film in the series was planned, "Broadway Melody of 1943" starring Eleanor Powell and Gene Kelly. However, that project was abandoned, and a dance number filmed by Eleanor Powell was edited into Thousands Cheer (1943).

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Reportedly, Eleanor Powell did not want to be in this film but was too polite to directly tell MGM executives. She asked for the leading role and an exorbitant salary, and MGM accepted her demands. Powell was spotted in a Fox screen test by Louis Maayer, who initially thought she was African-American but changed his mind when he found she was white. She was initially offered the part played by Una Merkel but eventually played the lead.

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Quotes

Bert Keeler: Well of all the dumb guys...

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Sally Burke: Why don't you go back and see Gordon?

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