This was Universal's first talking picture with Technicolor sequences. The film was released by the Criterion Collection on Blu-ray and DVD in 2012, with Paul Fejo's Lonesome.
The Paradise Night Club dressing room in Broadway"Broadway" movie ad from The Film Daily, 1929
Roy Lane and Billie Moore, entertainers at the Paradise Nightclub, are in love and are rehearsing an act together. Late to work one evening, Billie is saved from dismissal by Nick Verdis, the club proprietor, through the intervention of Steve Crandall, a bootlegger, who desires a liaison with the girl. "Scar" Edwards, robbed of a truckload of contraband liquor by Steve's gang, arrives at the club for a showdown with Steve and is shot in the back. Steve gives Billie a bracelet to forget that she has seen him helping a "drunk" from the club. Though Roy is arrested by Dan McCorn, he is later released on Billie's testimony. Nick is murdered by Steve. Billie witnesses the killing, but keeps quiet about the dirty business until she finds out Steve's next target is Roy. Billie is determined to tell her story to the police before Roy winds up dead, but Steve is not about to let that happen and kidnaps her. Steve, in his car, is fired at from a taxi, and overheard by Pearl, he confesses to killing Edwards. Pearl confronts Steve in Nick's office and kills him; and McCorn, finding Steve's body, insists that he committed suicide, exonerating Pearl and leaving Roy and Billie to the success of their act.
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Paul Porcasi reprised his stage role as nightclub operator Nick Verdis in the motion picture version of Broadway
Director Fejos designed the camera crane specifically for use on this film, allowing unusually fluid movement and access to nearly every conceivable angle. It could travel at 600 ft (180 m) per minute. It enlivened the visual style of this film and others that followed.[citation needed]
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Both the silent version and the talking version of Broadway are extant, but the surviving talking version is incomplete. The color sequence at the end survives in color and in sound but the sound survives separately from the picture. The surviving color footage is from the silent version and has been synchronized to the surviving disc audio.
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In 2012, the sound version of Broadway was reconstructed by The Criterion Collection and included as an extra feature on the DVD and Blu-ray release of Paul Fejos' 1928 film, Lonesome.[2]
broadway, 1929, film, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, broadway, 1929, film, news, newspapers, books,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Broadway 1929 film news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message Broadway is a 1929 film directed by Paul Fejos from the 1926 play of the same name by George Abbott and Philip Dunning It stars Glenn Tryon Evelyn Brent Paul Porcasi Robert Ellis Merna Kennedy and Thomas E Jackson 1 BroadwayRoy Glenn Tryon questions Billie Merna Kennedy about the bracelet she is wearing in BroadwayDirected byPaul FejosScreenplay byCharles Furthman Edward T Lowe Jr Tom Reed titles Based onBroadwayby Jed Harris Philip Dunning and George AbbottProduced byCarl Laemmle Jr StarringGlenn Tryon Evelyn BrentCinematographyHal MohrEdited byEdward Cahn Robert CarlisleMusic byHoward Jackson uncredited Distributed byUniversal StudiosRelease dateMay 27 1929 1929 05 27 New York 1 Running time107 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishThis was Universal s first talking picture with Technicolor sequences The film was released by the Criterion Collection on Blu ray and DVD in 2012 with Paul Fejo s Lonesome Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Preservation status 5 Home media 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksPlot edit nbsp The Paradise Night Club dressing room in Broadway nbsp Broadway movie ad from The Film Daily 1929Roy Lane and Billie Moore entertainers at the Paradise Nightclub are in love and are rehearsing an act together Late to work one evening Billie is saved from dismissal by Nick Verdis the club proprietor through the intervention of Steve Crandall a bootlegger who desires a liaison with the girl Scar Edwards robbed of a truckload of contraband liquor by Steve s gang arrives at the club for a showdown with Steve and is shot in the back Steve gives Billie a bracelet to forget that she has seen him helping a drunk from the club Though Roy is arrested by Dan McCorn he is later released on Billie s testimony Nick is murdered by Steve Billie witnesses the killing but keeps quiet about the dirty business until she finds out Steve s next target is Roy Billie is determined to tell her story to the police before Roy winds up dead but Steve is not about to let that happen and kidnaps her Steve in his car is fired at from a taxi and overheard by Pearl he confesses to killing Edwards Pearl confronts Steve in Nick s office and kills him and McCorn finding Steve s body insists that he committed suicide exonerating Pearl and leaving Roy and Billie to the success of their act Cast edit nbsp Paul Porcasi reprised his stage role as nightclub operator Nick Verdis in the motion picture version of BroadwayGlenn Tryon as Roy Lane Evelyn Brent as Pearl Merna Kennedy as Billie Moore Thomas E Jackson as Dan McCorn Robert Ellis as Steve Crandall Otis Harlan as Porky Thompson Paul Porcasi as Nick Verdis Marion Lord as Lil Rice Fritz Feld as Mose Levett Leslie Fenton as Scar Edwards Arthur Housman as Dolphin George Davis as Joe Betty Francisco as Mazie Edythe Flynn as Ruby Florence Dudley as AnnProduction editDirector Fejos designed the camera crane specifically for use on this film allowing unusually fluid movement and access to nearly every conceivable angle It could travel at 600 ft 180 m per minute It enlivened the visual style of this film and others that followed citation needed Preservation status editBoth the silent version and the talking version of Broadway are extant but the surviving talking version is incomplete The color sequence at the end survives in color and in sound but the sound survives separately from the picture The surviving color footage is from the silent version and has been synchronized to the surviving disc audio Home media editIn 2012 the sound version of Broadway was reconstructed by The Criterion Collection and included as an extra feature on the DVD and Blu ray release of Paul Fejos 1928 film Lonesome 2 See also editList of early color feature films List of early sound feature films 1926 1929 References edit a b Broadway Catalog of Feature Films American Film Institute Retrieved November 24 2015 Lonesome The Criterion Collection Retrieved April 25 2018 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Broadway 1929 film Broadway at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Broadway 1929 film amp oldid 1147986282, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
