A Broadway producer is reluctant to hire his high school sweetheart for the leading role in a new show, so she decides to take advantage of a rumor started by a gossip columnist.A Broadway producer is reluctant to hire his high school sweetheart for the leading role in a new show, so she decides to take advantage of a rumor started by a gossip columnist.A Broadway producer is reluctant to hire his high school sweetheart for the leading role in a new show, so she decides to take advantage of a rumor started by a gossip columnist.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 2 nominations total
- Showgirl
- (uncredited)
- Showgirl
- (uncredited)
- Headwaiter
- (uncredited)
- Smoker
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Roy Del Ruth
- W.S. Van Dyke(retakes) (uncredited)
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFilm debut of Buddy Ebsen.
- GoofsDuring the "breakfast on the roof" scene, new clothes appear and others disappear behind Buddy Ebsen, with different camera cuts. (In the beginning, a dress appears at his left, while the dangling stockings disappear at the end, and in between, the dress comes and goes.)
- Quotes
Bert Keeler: Well of all the dumb guys...
Snoop: Don't worry about Corbett, she won't tip the gag, she said so.
Bert Keeler: Just the same I gotta find out who this Arlette dame is that Gordon's got signed up.
Snoop: Well whadda ya want me to do?
Bert Keeler: Go down to the ocean and pull a wave over your head!
- Alternate versionsA 14,000 feet long print was shown as preview in early August 1935 in several Californian cinemas. It included, at least three additional songs.
- ConnectionsEdited into Grand Central Murder (1942)
- SoundtracksBroadway Rhythm
(1935) (uncredited)
Music by Nacio Herb Brown
Lyrics by Arthur Freed
Played during the opening credits
Danced to by a chorus at rehearsal
Sung by Frances Langford at the nightclub
Danced to by Buddy Ebsen, Vilma Ebsen, June Knight, Nick Long Jr. and Eleanor Powell at the nightclub
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- Also known as
- Broadway Melody of 1935
- Filming locations
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $3,607,900
- Gross worldwide
- $6,258,780
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1