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The Broadway Melody [1929 film] (1929)

by Harry Beaumont (Director), Edmund Goulding (Screenwriter)

Other authors: Nacio Herb Brown (Composer), Arthur Freed (Lyricist), Charles King, Bessie Love, Anita Page

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This is the first musical to win a Best Picture Oscar. Anita Page and Bessie Love star as two sisters in love with the same man.
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A pair of sisters from the vaudeville circuit try to make it big time on Broadway, but matters of the heart complicate the attempt. (From IMDb) ( )
  DrLed | Nov 4, 2017 |
A sister act tries to make it on broadway.

Everyone says this is a bad movie, but I had just assumed that that's because they go in expecting a Best Picture winner. I went in expecting crap, and it managed to be worse than I could have possibly imagined. There are a handful of musical numbers that have nothing to do with the plot and feature none of the cast, and those bits are fine (~5-10 minutes of screen time). The rest of the music ranges from mediocre to completely awful. I hope that Page's and Love's characters are meant to be bad performers, but I don't really think that was the intention.

Concept: F
Story: F
Characters: D
Dialog: D
Pacing: F
Cinematography: D
Special effects/design: D
Acting: D
Music: C

Enjoyment: F

GPA: 0.7/4 ( )
  comfypants | Jan 28, 2016 |
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Beaumont, HarryDirectorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Goulding, EdmundScreenwritermain authorall editionsconfirmed
Brown, Nacio HerbComposersecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Freed, ArthurLyricistsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
King, Charlessecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Love, Bessiesecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Page, Anitasecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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