The Broadway Melody (1929)

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1. January 5, 2026

   Jed Prouty – The Musicals of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer %

   […] silent period, but established himself as a comic supporting player with the coming of sound. In The Broadway Melody he plays Uncle Jed, Hank and Queenie’s vaudeville […]

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2. January 5, 2026

   Anita Page – The Musicals of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer %

   […] Page (1910-2008) was only 18 when she was cast in The Broadway Melody, having come to notice alongside Joan Crawford in Our Dancing Daughters (1928). She announced her […]

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3. January 5, 2026

   Bessie Love – The Musicals of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer %

   […] role as Hank in The Broadway Melody won her a nomination for Best Actress and is the film’s standout performance. As well as […]

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4. January 5, 2026

   Charles King – The Musicals of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer %

   […] King was a 42-year-old successful vaudeville and Broadway actor when Metro starred him in The Broadway Melody. His film career was short-lived, though he did play the lead in one other feature, Chasing […]

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5. January 5, 2026

   James Gleason – The Musicals of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer %

   […] his career Gleason was a moderately-successful playwright, which explains his dual contribution to The Broadway Melody as both co-scenarist (dialogue) and bit player. (In what has been called a meta-touch, he plays a […]

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