| Broadway Melody of 1936 | |
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 original film poster | |
| Directed by | Roy Del Ruth |
| Written by | Harry W. Conn Moss Hart Jack McGowan Sid Silvers |
| Produced by | John W. Considine Jr. |
| Starring | Jack Benny Eleanor Powell Robert Taylor Una Merkel Frances Langford Sid Silvers Buddy Ebsen Vilma Ebsen |
| Cinematography | Charles Rosher |
| Edited by | Blanche Sewell |
| Music by | Nacio Herb Brown |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Loew's, Inc. |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,062,000[1] |
| Box office | $2,871,000[1] |
Broadway Melody of 1936 is a musical film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1935.[2] In New York, the film opened at the Capitol Theatre, the site of many prestigious MGM premieres. It was a follow-up of sorts to the successful The Broadway Melody, which had been released in 1929, although, there is no story connection with the earlier film beyond the title and some music.
The film was written by Harry W. Conn, Moss Hart, Jack McGowan and Sid Silvers. It was directed by Roy Del Ruth and starred Jack Benny, Eleanor Powell, Robert Taylor, June Knight, Frances Langford, Sid Silvers, Buddy Ebsen and Vilma Ebsen (in their film debut). It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
- ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
- ^ Brown, Gene (1995). Movie Time: A Chronology of Hollywood and the Movie Industry from Its Beginnings to the Present. New York: Macmillan. p. 125. ISBN 0-02-860429-6. In New York, the film opened at the Capitol Theatre, the site of many prestigious MGM premieres.