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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 ...
She then began appearing frequently in films such as Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935) (in which she popularized "Broadway Rhythm" and "You Are My Lucky Star"), Born to Dance (1936), Too Many Girls (1940) (in which she acted alongside her childhood schoolmate from Lakeland Dan White), and Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) with James Cagney, in which ...
The majority of songs in Broadway Melody of 1938 were written by Nacio Herb Brown (music) and Arthur Freed (lyrics): [2] [3] "Broadway Melody" (1929) - in opening credits "You Are My Lucky Star" (1935) - in opening credits "Follow in My Footsteps" (1937) - sung and danced by George Murphy, Buddy Ebsen and Eleanor Powell (dubbed by Marjorie Lane)
Harry Stockwell (April 27, 1902 – July 19, 1984) was an American actor and singer.. Stockwell made his film debut in the 1935 film Here Comes the Band.He achieved fame in 1937, when he provided the voice of The Prince (seen at the beginning and again in the finale) in Walt Disney's animated Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Directed by Gordon Douglas as a sequel to 1935's Our Gang Follies of 1936, the two-reel short was released to theaters on December 18, 1937, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Deriving its title from the concurrent MGM feature film The Broadway Melody of 1938, Our Gang Follies of 1938 is a spoof of the Broadway Melody films and other movie musicals of the ...
The film was the fourth and final entry in MGM's loosely connected Broadway Melody series, which began with the original The Broadway Melody released in 1929, and was followed by Broadway Melody of 1936 and Broadway Melody of 1938. The films were unconnected except for the use of the song "Broadway Melody" (the 1940 entry did not feature the ...
After the success of Broadway Melody of 1936, the studio decided to separate the Ebsens. Vilma Ebsen was not interested in accepting Louis B. Mayer 's offer to make her "the next Myrna Loy" and moved back to New York with her husband, composer and bandleader Robert Emmett "Bobby" Dolan , [ 3 ] whom she had married on June 24, 1933.
Prior to being cast in that film, Grapewin performed in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Broadway Melody of 1938 with Judy Garland (Dorothy in Oz) and Buddy Ebsen (the original Tin Man in Oz). He also performed with Garland in Listen, Darling. Later, in the early 1940s, he had a recurring role as Inspector Queen in the Ellery Queen film series.