Broadway Melody of 1936

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American film film musical film

Broadway Melody of 1936 is a 1935 MGM musical film featuring elaborate song-and-dance numbers, backstage showbiz drama, and early performances by stars like Eleanor Powell and Jack Benny.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
The Broadway Melody of 1936	2
42nd Street	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film ⓘ film ⓘ musical film ⓘ
basedOn	original screenplay ⓘ
blackAndWhite	true ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Joseph Ruttenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Roy Del Ruth NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
editedBy	Blanche Sewell NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
featuresCharacter	Bert Keeler NERFINISHED ⓘ Irene Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresPerformer	Eleanor Powell tap dancing ⓘ
followedBy	Broadway Melody of 1938 NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows	The Broadway Melody NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	backstage musical ⓘ musical ⓘ
hasSong	Broadway Rhythm NERFINISHED ⓘ I’ve Got a Feelin’ You’re Foolin’ NERFINISHED ⓘ You Are My Lucky Star NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricsBy	Arthur Freed NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicBy	Nacio Herb Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
notableFor	backstage show business plot ⓘ elaborate song-and-dance numbers ⓘ
partOfSeries	Broadway Melody film series NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer	John W. Considine Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
releaseDate	1935-08-30 ⓘ
releaseFormat	theatrical film ⓘ
releaseYear	1935 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	101 ⓘ
screenwriter	Albert Hackett NERFINISHED ⓘ Frances Goodrich NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry W. Conn NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting	Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ
stars	Buddy Ebsen NERFINISHED ⓘ Eleanor Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ Frances Langford NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Benny NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ Sid Silvers NERFINISHED ⓘ Una Merkel NERFINISHED ⓘ
storyBy	Harry W. Conn NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted	1930s show business ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

You Are My Lucky Star → notableUseInFilm → Broadway Melody of 1936 ⓘ

Orry-Kelly → notableWork → Broadway Melody of 1936 ⓘ

this entity surface form: 42nd Street

Sid Silvers → notableWork → Broadway Melody of 1936 ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Broadway Melody of 1936

Sid Silvers → workedOn → Broadway Melody of 1936 ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Broadway Melody of 1936

Robert Kern → workedOn → Broadway Melody of 1936 ⓘ

Buddy Ebsen → appearedIn → Broadway Melody of 1936 ⓘ

William Anthony McGuire → notableWork → Broadway Melody of 1936 ⓘ

Blanche Sewell → workedOn → Broadway Melody of 1936 ⓘ

Milton Berle → notableWork → Broadway Melody of 1936 ⓘ

Broadway Melody film series → hasPart → Broadway Melody of 1936 ⓘ

Broadway Melody of 1938 → follows → Broadway Melody of 1936 ⓘ

8th Academy Awards → bestPictureNominee → Broadway Melody of 1936 ⓘ

The Great Ziegfeld → follows → Broadway Melody of 1936 ⓘ

Robert Alton → notableWork → Broadway Melody of 1936 ⓘ

Eleanor Powell → notableWork → Broadway Melody of 1936 ⓘ

Broadway Melody → followedBy → Broadway Melody of 1936 ⓘ

I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin' → partOf → Broadway Melody of 1936 ⓘ

I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin' → featuredIn → Broadway Melody of 1936 ⓘ

Roy Del Ruth → notableWork → Broadway Melody of 1936 ⓘ