The Broadway Melody (1929)
"All talking. All singing. All dancing."
ThumbScore
👍 73%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 42%
(RT: 42%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Charles King as Eddie Kearns
Anita Page as Queenie Mahoney
Bessie Love as Harriet 'Hank' Mahoney
Betty Arthur as Chorus Dancer (uncredited)
J. Emmett Beck as Babe Hatrick (uncredited)
Nacio Herb Brown as Pianist (uncredited)
James Burrows as Singer (uncredited)
Eddie Bush as Quartet Guitarist and Singer (uncredited)
Is The Broadway Melody good?
Most people think so. 73% audience score, estimated from 180 TMDB ratings. Critics scored it lower at 42%, but audiences disagreed.
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Overview
The vaudeville act of Harriet and Queenie Mahoney comes to Broadway, where their friend Eddie Kerns needs them for his number in one of Francis Zanfield's shows. When Eddie meets Queenie, he soon falls in love with her—but she is already being courted by Jock Warriner, a member of New York high society. Queenie eventually recognizes that, to Jock, she is nothing more than a toy, and that Eddie is in love with her. Wikipedia ↗
