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Broadway Melody of 1940 was based on a story by Jack McGowan and Dore Schary. Schary would go on to be head of production (1948) and then president (1951) of MGM until 1956. The film was originally planned to be shot in Technicolor, but because of the unsettled state of Europe due to World War II, MGM decided to stick to black and white. [7]
The Broadway Melody, also known as The Broadway Melody of 1929, is a 1929 American pre-Code musical film and the first sound film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture.It was one of the early musicals to feature a Technicolor sequence, which sparked the trend of color being used in a flurry of musicals that would hit the screens in 1929–1930.
I Concentrate on You" is a song written by Cole Porter for the 1940 film Broadway Melody of 1940, ... Fred Astaire - The Astaire Story (1952) [4]
Broadway Rhythm (1944) is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Technicolor musical film, produced by Jack Cummings and directed by Roy Del Ruth.It was originally announced as Broadway Melody of 1944 to follow MGM's Broadway Melody films of 1929, 1936, 1938, and 1940.
Broadway Melody of 1936 is a musical film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1935. [2] In New York, the film opened at the Capitol Theatre , the site of many prestigious MGM premieres. It was a follow-up of sorts to the successful The Broadway Melody , which had been released in 1929, although, there is no story connection with the earlier film ...
Broadway Melody of 1938 is a 1937 American musical film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by Roy Del Ruth. The film is essentially a backstage musical revue , featuring high-budget sets and cinematography in the MGM musical tradition.
Broadway Melody of 1936: 1935 Film: Nacio Herb Brown: Brown Harry W. Conn, Moss Hart, Jack McGowan and Sid Silvers: Broadway Melody of 1938: 1937 Film: Nacio Herb Brown: Arthur Freed: Jack McGowan Broadway Melody of 1940: 1940 Film: Cole Porter, Roger Edens and Walter Ruick Porter, Edens and Ruick Jack McGowan and Dore Schary: Broadway Through ...
Two Girls on Broadway is a 1940 musical film directed by S. Sylvan Simon and starring Lana Turner and Joan Blondell. The film is a remake of The Broadway Melody (1929). Plot