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The Broadway Melody - Wikipedia

The Broadway Melody, also known as The Broadway Melody of 1929, is an American pre-Code musical film and the first sound film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Broadway_Melody
The Broadway Melody (1929) - IMDb

Directed by Harry Beaumont. With Bessie Love, Anita Page, Charles King, The Angeles Twins. A pair of sisters from the vaudeville circuit try to make it big time on Broadway, but matters of the heart complicate the attempt.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019729/
The Broadway Melody (1929) - Rotten Tomatoes

This landmark MGM backstage musical of the early sound era about broken dreams on the Great White Way features a bevy of standards by the songwriting team of Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown. Freed later became unit producer of the legendary Freed Unit at MGM, which is the reason many of the tunes from Broadway Melody
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/broadway_melody
Broadway Melody, The | Reelviews Movie Reviews

To the degree that "sophistication" would become one of the characteristics defining Academy Award Best Picture winners, that criterion was not yet in place when The Broadway Melody received its citation in 1930.
http://www.reelviews.net/reelviews/broadway-melody-the
The Broadway Melody (1929) - Three Movie Buffs Review

The Three Movie Buffs review The Broadway Melody (1929) Starring: Charles King, Anita Page, and Bessie Love.
http://www.threemoviebuffs.com/review/broadway-melody.html
Best Picture 1930 - The Broadway Melody

The Broadway Melody is the 1929 American musical film and the first sound film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture.
https://www.vintagemovieposters.com.au/best-picture-1930-broadway-melody-1929/
Broadway Melody (1929) Review: Movies Take on Broadway – Variety

The first flash New York has had as to how the studios are going after musical comedy numbers and there's no question of the potent threat to the stage producers.
http://variety.com/1929/film/reviews/broadway-melody-1200410242/
BEST PICTURE: THE BROADWAY MELODY (1928/1929)

A review of the second film to ever win Best Picture, and the first musical.
https://nerdist.com/best-picture-the-broadway-melody-19281929/
The Jam Report | THE BEST PICTURE PROJECT – ‘The Broadway Melody’ (1929)

Nowhere near as impressive as it perhaps once was.
https://thejamreport.com/2017/12/06/the-best-picture-project-the-broadway-melody-1930/
Broadway Melody, by Harry Beaumont (1929) - Trailer - YouTube

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The Broadway Melody
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Harry Beaumont
Written by	Sarah Y. Mason (continuity) Norman Houston (dialogue) James Gleason (dialogue) uncredited: Earl Baldwin (titles)
Story by	Edmund Goulding
Produced by	Irving Thalberg Lawrence Weingarten
Starring	Charles King Anita Page Bessie Love
Cinematography	John Arnold
Edited by	Sam S. Zimbalist uncredited: William LeVanway (silent version)
Music by	(see article)
Color process	Black and White (with a Technicolor sequence)
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates	February 1, 1929 (1929-02-01) (Grauman's Chinese Theatre)^[1]^[2] February 8, 1929 (1929-02-08) (NYC) June 12, 1929 (1929-06-12) (US)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$379,000^[3]
Box office	$4.4 million^[3]

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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The Broadway Melody - Wikipedia

The Broadway Melody, also known as The Broadway Melody of 1929, is an American pre-Code musical film and the first sound film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Broadway_Melody
The Broadway Melody (1929) - IMDb

Directed by Harry Beaumont. With Bessie Love, Anita Page, Charles King, The Angeles Twins. A pair of sisters from the vaudeville circuit try to make it big time on Broadway, but matters of the heart complicate the attempt.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019729/
The Broadway Melody (1929) - Rotten Tomatoes

This landmark MGM backstage musical of the early sound era about broken dreams on the Great White Way features a bevy of standards by the songwriting team of Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown. Freed later became unit producer of the legendary Freed Unit at MGM, which is the reason many of the tunes from Broadway Melody
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/broadway_melody
Broadway Melody, The | Reelviews Movie Reviews

To the degree that "sophistication" would become one of the characteristics defining Academy Award Best Picture winners, that criterion was not yet in place when The Broadway Melody received its citation in 1930.
http://www.reelviews.net/reelviews/broadway-melody-the
The Broadway Melody (1929) - Three Movie Buffs Review

The Three Movie Buffs review The Broadway Melody (1929) Starring: Charles King, Anita Page, and Bessie Love.
http://www.threemoviebuffs.com/review/broadway-melody.html
Best Picture 1930 - The Broadway Melody

The Broadway Melody is the 1929 American musical film and the first sound film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture.
https://www.vintagemovieposters.com.au/best-picture-1930-broadway-melody-1929/
Broadway Melody (1929) Review: Movies Take on Broadway – Variety

The first flash New York has had as to how the studios are going after musical comedy numbers and there's no question of the potent threat to the stage producers.
http://variety.com/1929/film/reviews/broadway-melody-1200410242/
BEST PICTURE: THE BROADWAY MELODY (1928/1929)

A review of the second film to ever win Best Picture, and the first musical.
https://nerdist.com/best-picture-the-broadway-melody-19281929/
The Jam Report | THE BEST PICTURE PROJECT – ‘The Broadway Melody’ (1929)

Nowhere near as impressive as it perhaps once was.
https://thejamreport.com/2017/12/06/the-best-picture-project-the-broadway-melody-1930/
Broadway Melody, by Harry Beaumont (1929) - Trailer - YouTube

Like, Comment & Subscribe!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAcr4bb9ppI

The Broadway Melody
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Harry Beaumont
Written by	Sarah Y. Mason (continuity) Norman Houston (dialogue) James Gleason (dialogue) uncredited: Earl Baldwin (titles)
Story by	Edmund Goulding
Produced by	Irving Thalberg Lawrence Weingarten
Starring	Charles King Anita Page Bessie Love
Cinematography	John Arnold
Edited by	Sam S. Zimbalist uncredited: William LeVanway (silent version)
Music by	(see article)
Color process	Black and White (with a Technicolor sequence)
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates	February 1, 1929 (1929-02-01) (Grauman's Chinese Theatre)^[1]^[2] February 8, 1929 (1929-02-08) (NYC) June 12, 1929 (1929-06-12) (US)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$379,000^[3]
Box office	$4.4 million^[3]

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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