BROADWAY MELODY OF 1936

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CREDITS

1935, 103 minutes, B&W.
Producer, John W. Considine, Jr.; Director, Roy Del Ruth; Screenplay, Jack McGowan and Sid Silvers; Story, Moss Hart; Additional Dialogue, Harry Conn; Cinematography, Charles Rosher; Music Director, Alfred Newman; Editor, Blanche Sewell; Dance Direction, Dave Gould.

CAST

Bert Keeler, Jack Benny; Robert Gordon; Robert Taylor; Kitty Corbett, Una Merkel; Irene, Eleanor Powell; Lillian, June Knight; Sally, Vilma Ebsen; Ted, Buddy Ebsen; Basil Newcombe, Nick Long, Jr.; Hornblow, Robert Wildhack; Snoop Blue, Sid Silvers.

SONGS

I've Got A Feelin' You're Foolin'; Sing Before Breakfast; You Are My Lucky Star; Broadway Rhythm; On a Sunday Afternoon by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown.

PLOT SYNOPSIS

"Lovely, gifted Irene Foster (Eleanor Powell) comes to the Great White Way hoping that childhood sweetheart-turned-Broadway producer Robert Gordon (Robert Taylor) will recognize her - and her talent. He's too busy sparring with a dirt-dishing gossip columnist (Jack Benny) to notice, but his wisecracking, heart-of-gold secretary (Una Merkel) certainly does. She and Irene must use their wits - and all of Irene's abilities - to show him what he's missing."
- Liner Notes from MGM/Turner Laserdisc

NOTES

"Broadway Melody of 1936 was in no way a sequel to the epoch-making The Broadway Melody , and, apart from the similarity of its title and milieu, the only other points it had in common with the earlier film were a marvellous Arthur Freed-Nacio Hern Brown score, its overwhelming entertainment value, and its enormous potency at the box office."
- Clive Hirschhorn, The Hollywood Musical

"Smash musical with strong dancing and comedy framework."
- Variety

ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS:
Best Picture
Best Writing (Original Story)

ACADEMY AWARD WINNER:
Dance Direction - Dave Gould "I've Got A Feelin' You're Foolin'"

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