Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer made every effort to impress with its first talking
motion picture, setting a new standard for big-budget films and
establishing an archetype for decades of movie musicals to follow in The
Broadway Melody.
The Great White Way truly becomes the Street of Broken Dreams when
sisters Queenie and Hank Mahoney (Anita Page and Bessie Love) follow
Hank's boyfriend, Eddie Kearns (Charles King), to Manhattan with visions
of stardom. In New York, Eddie and Queenie are attracted to each other,
but unwilling to betray her sister, Queenie dates a feckless cad. Now,
Hank must sort out the tangle of aspirations and emotions that form this
tragic love triangle. Filled with a memorable score of unforgettable
songs by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed, this was the first sound
film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture (1929-30).
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