The Broadway Melody (Special Edition)
from Warner Home Video
This is the first musical to win a Best Picture Oscar and often is considered the granddaddy of all MGM musicals. Anita Page and Bessie Love star as two sisters in love with the same man.Year: 1929Director: Harry BeaumontStarring: Charles King Anita Page Bessie LoveRunning Time: 100 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: MUSICALS/MUSICALS UPC: 012569528628
The Broadway Melody of 1929
by Harry Beaumont
from Warner Home Video
This is the first musical to win a Best Picture Oscar and often is considered the granddaddy of all MGM musicals. Anita Page and Bessie Love star as two sisters in love with the same man. Year: 1929 Director: Harry Beaumont Starring: Charles King Anita Page Bessie LoveRunning Time: 128 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: MUSICALS/MUSICALS UPC: 883929002474 Manufacturer No: 1000035658
"100% All Talking! 100% All Singing! 100% All Dancing!" If the math is slightly off, the now-legendary ad campaign for The Broadway Melody can be excused. After all, sound had just come in, and a full-scale musical film was still a novelty. This tuneful 1929 production became a smash hit and won the Best Picture Academy Award® in the second Oscar® ceremony. The story is a creaky tale of two sisters bringing their act to Broadway, but the fun is in the Roaring Twenties lingo and the showbiz melodrama. This is an era when a gal could become the toast of Broadway by standing, motionless, on a stage pedestal ("Those guys aren't gonna pay 10 bucks to look at your face--this is Broadway!"). The tunes include the standard "You Were Meant for Me"; most of the dramatic weight is handled by the peppy silent star Bessie Love, who was Oscar-nominated. --Robert Horton
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