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Movie

The Broadway Melody

Released: February 8, 1929 (1929)

Runtime: 101 minutes

Genres: Music, Romance, Drama

The vaudeville act of Harriet and Queenie Mahoney comes to Broadway, where their friend Eddie Kerns needs them for his number in one of Francis Zanfield's shows. When Eddie meets Queenie, he soon falls in love with her—but she is already being courted by Jock Warriner, a member of New York high society. Queenie eventually recognizes that, to Jock, she is nothing more than a toy, and that Eddie is in love with her.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

  • Edward Dillon as Dillon - Stage Manager (uncredited)

    Age at release: 50

  • Bessie Love as Harriet 'Hank' Mahoney

    Age at release: 30

  • Ray Cooke as Bellhop (uncredited)

    Age at release: 23

  • Anita Page as Queenie Mahoney

    Age at release: 18

  • Betty Arthur as Chorus Dancer (uncredited)

    Age at release: 18

  • Charles King as Eddie Kearns

    Age at release: Unknown

  • J. Emmett Beck as Babe Hatrick (uncredited)

    Age at release: Unknown

  • James Burrows as Singer (uncredited)

    Age at release: Unknown

  • Eddie Bush as Quartet Guitarist and Singer (uncredited)

    Age at release: Unknown

  • Drew Demorest as Turpe - Costumer (uncredited)

    Age at release: Unknown

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  • Jed Prouty as Uncle Jed (uncredited)

    Age at release: 49

  • Blanche Payson as Wardrobe Lady (uncredited)

    Age at release: 47

  • James Gleason as Music Publisher (uncredited)

    Age at release: 46

  • Carl M. Leviness as Party Guest (uncredited)

    Age at release: 43

  • Eddie Kane as Francis Zanfield (uncredited)

    Age at release: 39

  • Marshall Ruth as Stew - Mr. Zanfield's Assistant (uncredited)

    Age at release: 30

  • Kenneth Thomson as Jock Warriner (uncredited)

    Age at release: 30

  • Charlotte Merriam as Flapper in Pearl Necklace (uncredited)

    Age at release: 25

  • Carla Laemmle as Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

    Age at release: 19

  • Mary Doran as Flo (uncredited)

    Age at release: 18

  • Paul Gibbons as Quartet Guitarist and Singer (uncredited)

    Age at release: Unknown

  • Ches Kirkpatrick as Quartet Guitarist and Singer (uncredited)

    Age at release: Unknown

  • Eddie Lang as Guitar Player in Band (uncredited)

    Age at release: Unknown

  • Angella Mawby as One of the Mawby Triplets (uncredited)

    Age at release: Unknown

  • Claudette Mawby as One of the Mawby Triplets (uncredited)

    Age at release: Unknown

  • Claudine Mawby as One of the Mawby Triplets (uncredited)

    Age at release: Unknown

  • Joyce Murray as Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

    Age at release: Unknown

  • Alice Pitman as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

    Age at release: Unknown

  • Bill Seckler as Quartet Guitarist and Singer (uncredited)

    Age at release: Unknown

  • Diana Verne as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

    Age at release: Unknown