Broadway


1h 45m 1929

Film Details

Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Musical
Release Date
Sep 15, 1929
Premiere Information
New York premiere: 27 May 1929
Production Company
Universal Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play Broadway by Jed Harris, Philip Dunning and George Abbott (New York, 1927).

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 45m
Sound
Mono (MovieTone)
Color
Black and White, Color (Technicolor)
Film Length
9,661ft (12 reels)

Synopsis

Roy Lane and Billie Moore, entertainers at the Paradise Nightclub, are in love and are rehearsing an act together. Late to work one evening, Billie is saved from dismissal by Nick Verdis, the club proprietor, through the intervention of Steve Crandall, a suave bootlegger, who desires a liaison with the girl. "Scar" Edwards, robbed of a truckload of contraband liquor by Steve's gang, arrives at the club for a showdown with Crandall and is shot in the back. Crandall gives Billie a bracelet to forget that she has seen him helping a "drunk" from the club. Though Roy is arrested by Dan McCorn, he is later released on Billie's testimony. Steve, in his car, is fired at from a taxi, and overheard by Pearl, he confesses to killing Edwards. Pearl confronts Steve in Nick's office and kills him; and McCorn, finding Steve's body, insists that he committed suicide, exonerating Pearl and leaving Roy and Billie to the success of their act.

Film Details

Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Musical
Release Date
Sep 15, 1929
Premiere Information
New York premiere: 27 May 1929
Production Company
Universal Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play Broadway by Jed Harris, Philip Dunning and George Abbott (New York, 1927).

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 45m
Sound
Mono (MovieTone)
Color
Black and White, Color (Technicolor)
Film Length
9,661ft (12 reels)

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Trivia

The first movie lit entirely by tungsten lamps.