Broadway Bill

For the 1918 lost film, see Broadway Bill (1918 film).
Broadway Bill
Movie poster showing Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy embracing
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFrank Capra
Screenplay byRobert Riskin
Based on"Strictly Confidential"
by Mark Hellinger
Produced byFrank Capra
StarringWarner Baxter
Myrna Loy
CinematographyJoseph Walker
Edited byGene Havlick
Production
company
Columbia Pictures
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release dates
  • November 30, 1934 (1934-11-30) (New York, premiere)
  • December 27, 1934 (1934-12-27) (USA)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$668,900 (U.S. and Canada rentals)[1]

Broadway Bill is a 1934 American comedy-drama film directed by Frank Capra and starring Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy. Screenplay by Robert Riskin and based on the short story "Strictly Confidential" by Mark Hellinger, the film is about a man's love for his thoroughbred race horse and the woman who helps him achieve his dreams. Capra disliked the final product, and in an effort to make it more to his liking, he remade the film in 1950 as Riding High. In later years, the distributor of Riding High, Paramount Pictures, acquired the rights to Broadway Bill. The film was released in the United Kingdom as Strictly Confidential.

Broadway Bill was filmed between June 18 and August 16, 1934 at Columbia Studios in Hollywood, and on location at Tanforan Racetrack in San Bruno, Warner Bros. Ranch, and the Pacific Coast Steel Mills. After an initial preview on October 24, Capra re-edited some scenes based upon audience reaction. The film premiered on November 30, 1934 in New York City, and was released in the United States on December 27, 1934. The film received positive reviews, with Andre Sennwald in The New York Times calling it "sly and impertinent screen comedy, painlessly whimsical and completely engaging".[2]

  1. ^ Sedgwick, John; Pokorny, Michael (2005). "The Film Business in the United States and Britain during the 1930s". The Economic History Review. New Series. 58 (1): 79–112. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
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