Bowery to Broadway

Bowery to Broadway (1944)

TO FILL YOUR EYES...TO THRILL YOUR HEART!

Two Bowery vaudevillians find success in producing shows on Broadway, but when one of them suddenly departs to work for a beautiful woman, a feud erupts.

Date of release
1944-11-03
TMDB
10.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Charles Lamont

Casting

Interesting facts

Bowery to Broadway is a 1944 American film starring Maria Montez, Jack Oakie, and Susanna Foster. Donald O'Connor and Peggy Ryan also had a small specialty act, and it was the only film they were in together where they did not have a name or character.

Production

In June 1943 John Grant, who normally wrote for Abbott and Costello, was assigned to produce a film to cover the history of Broadway. It was going to be called Hip Hip Hooray and was budgeted at $1 million and shot in color. Edmund Joseph and Bart Lyton were assigned to do the script. In December 1943 it was announced Arthur Lubin would direct.

Filming started 1 May 1944. It was a rare non "exotic" role for Maria Montez.

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