Broadway (1929)
Carl Laemmle's stupendous talking and singing picture.
A naive young dancer in a Broadway show innocently gets involved in backstage bootlegging and murder.
Casting
- Glenn Tryon — Roy Lane
- Evelyn Brent — Pearl
- Merna Kennedy — Billie Moore
- Thomas E. Jackson — Dan McCorn
- Otis Harlan — 'Porky' Thomson
- Robert Ellis — Steve Crandall
- Marion Lord — Lil Rice
- Fritz Feld — Mose Levett
- George Davis — Joe
- Paul Porcasi — Nick Verdis
- Leslie Fenton — 'Scar' Edwards
- Arthur Housman — Dolph
Interesting facts
Broadway is a 1929 American musical crime film directed by Paul Fejos from the 1926 play of the same name by George Abbott and Philip Dunning. It stars Glenn Tryon, Evelyn Brent, Paul Porcasi, Robert Ellis, Merna Kennedy, and Thomas E. Jackson.
Production
Director Fejos designed the camera crane specifically for use on this film, allowing unusually fluid movement and access to nearly every conceivable angle. It could travel at 600 ft (180 m) per minute. It enlivened the visual style of this film and others that followed.
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