Broadway to Hollywood (film)
- For the DuMont television show (1949-1954), see Broadway to Hollywood
| Broadway to Hollywood | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Willard Mack |
| Screenplay by | Willard Mack Edgar Allan Woolf |
| Produced by | Harry Rapf |
| Starring | Alice Brady Frank Morgan Jackie Cooper Russell Hardie Madge Evans Mickey Rooney |
| Cinematography | Norbert Brodine William H. Daniels |
| Edited by | William S. Gray Ben Lewis |
| Music by | William Axt |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Broadway to Hollywood is a 1933 American pre-Code musical film directed by Willard Mack, produced by Harry Rapf, cinematography by Norbert Brodine and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film features many of MGM's stars of the time, including Frank Morgan, Alice Brady, May Robson, Madge Evans, Jimmy Durante, Mickey Rooney, and Jackie Cooper. Brothers Moe Howard and Curly Howard of The Three Stooges appear—without Ted Healy and without Larry Fine—almost unrecognizably, as Otto and Fritz, two clowns in makeup.[1][2] It was the first film to feature Nelson Eddy.[3]
Plot
Ted and Lulu Hackett are vaudeville's The Hacketts, a fairly successful song-and-dance team. They bring their son Ted Jr. up in the business and he soon eclipses them. When the son is offered a starring role on Broadway, he arranges for his parents to join him in the show, but Ted Sr. is embarrassed to learn that he and Lulu are there purely in order to keep their son happy. They return to vaudeville, only to find that their duet act has gone stale with time. Meanwhile, Ted Jr. has married and had a son, but he has also fallen victim to drink. Tragedy strikes the Hackett family, and only the march of time will tell whether Ted III will repeat the failings of his father and grandfather.
Cast
- Alice Brady as Lulu Hackett
- Frank Morgan as Ted Hackett
- Jackie Cooper as Ted Hackett Jr. as a Child
- Russell Hardie as Ted Hackett Jr.
- Madge Evans as Anne Ainsley
- Mickey Rooney as Ted Hackett III as a Child
- Eddie Quillan as Ted Hackett III
- Jimmy Durante as Jimmy
- May Robson as Veteran Actress
- Albertina Rasch Dancers as Themselves
- Fay Templeton as Herself
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Alice Brady -
Frank Morgan -
Jackie Cooper -
Russell Hardie -
Madge Evans -
Eddie Quillan -
Jimmy Durante -
May Robson -
Fay Templeton
Preservation
The film features several sequences taken from the unfinished MGM musical The March of Time (1930), including some filmed in the early two-strip Technicolor process. Fay Templeton, DeWolf Hopper Sr., and Albertina Rasch and her dancers are featured in footage taken from The March of Time. However, current prints of Broadway to Hollywood as shown on Turner Classic Movies have no color sequences. The film was released on September 15, 1933, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
See also
References
- ^ "Broadway to Hollywood (1933) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-08-08.
- ^ M.H. (1933-09-02). "Movie Review - Broadway to Hollywood - Valiant Troupers". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2015-08-08.
- ^ "Broadway to Hollywood". AFI Catalog. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
External links
Media related to Broadway to Hollywood (film) at Wikimedia Commons
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