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Broadway Melody of 1936

Broadway Melody of 1936
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original film poster
Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Produced by John W. Considine Jr.
Written by Harry W. Conn
Moss Hart
Jack McGowan
Sid Silvers
Starring Jack Benny
Eleanor Powell
Robert Taylor
Una Merkel
Frances Langford
Sid Silvers
Buddy Ebsen
Vilma Ebsen
Music by Nacio Herb Brown
Cinematography Charles Rosher
Edited by Blanche Sewell
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
Running time
101 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $1,062,000
Box office $2,871,000

Broadway Melody of 1936 is a musical film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1935. In New York, the film opened at the Capitol Theatre, the site of many prestigious MGM premieres. It was a follow-up of sorts to the successful The Broadway Melody, which had been released in 1929, although, there is no story connection with the earlier film beyond the title and some music.

The film was written by Harry W. Conn, Moss Hart, Jack McGowan and Sid Silvers. It was directed by Roy Del Ruth and starred Jack Benny, Eleanor Powell, Robert Taylor, Frances Langford, Sid Silvers, Buddy Ebsen and Vilma Ebsen (in their first film debut). It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Irene Foster (Eleanor Powell) tries to convince her high school sweetheart, Broadway producer Robert Gordon (Robert Taylor), to give her a chance to star in his new musical, but he is too busy with the rich widow (June Knight) backing his show. Irene tries to show Gordon that she has the talent to succeed, but he will not hire her. Things become complicated when she begins impersonating a French dancer, who was actually the invention of a gossip columnist (Jack Benny).

The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:

According to MGM records the film earned $1,655,000 in the US and Canada and $1,216,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $691,000.


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