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. It was one of the first musicals to feature a Technicolor sequence, which sparked the trend of color being used in a flurry of musicals that would hit the screens in 1929–1930. Today the Technicolor sequence is lost; only a black and white copy survives in available versions. The film was the first musical released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and was Hollywood's first all-talking musical.
29/11/2018 The Broadway Melody - 1929 1. Profile :- Directed by Harry Beaumont Produced by Irving Thalberg Lawrence Weingarten Written by Sarah Y. Mason (continuity) Norman Houston (dialogue) James Gleason (dialogue) Uncredited: Earl Baldwin (titles) Story by Edmund Goulding Starring Charles King Anita Page Bessie Love Jed Prouty Music by (see article) Cinematography John Arnold Edited by Sam S. Zimbalist Uncredited: William LeVanway (silent version) Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Release date February 1, 1929 (Grauman's Chinese Theatre) February 8, 1929 (NYC) June 12, 1929 (US) Running time 100 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $379,000 Box office $4.4 million 2. Introduction : - 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. It was one of the first musicals to feature a Technicolor se...