Broadway Hostess
| Broadway Hostess | |
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| Directed by | Frank McDonald |
| Written by | George Bricker (Screenplay) |
| Story by | Benjamin M. Kaye (Story, Uncredited) |
| Starring |
Wini Shaw Genevieve Tobin Lyle Talbot |
| Music by |
Mort Dixon (Music and lyrics) Leo F. Forbstein (Musical director) Allie Wrubel (Music and lyrics) Ray Heindorf (Music arranger-uncredited) |
| Cinematography | Arthur L. Todd (photography) |
| Edited by | Jack Killifer |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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68 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Broadway Hostess is a 1935 American romantic comedy musical directed by Frank McDonald. The film was nominated at the 1935 Academy Awards for the short lived Best Dance Direction category. For which Bobby Connolly was nominated for, along with the film Go into Your Dance.
It is about a small town girl on her rise to stardom. But is having problems with love. Tommy falls in love with Winnie, but he feels she is in love with her manager Lucky. Lucky claims he does not want to get married, but is in fact in love with the rich socialite Iris. While Iris's brother loses money with his gambling problem.
Andre Sennwald of The New York Times gave it a bad review saying it was very clichéd and hard to sit through.
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