Mr. Broadway is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film written by Abel Green and Ed Sullivan. The film was directed by Johnnie Walker (1894–1949) who was also a silent film actor and producer, and stars Sullivan along with a cast of celebrity walk-ons. It was shot in New York City.
| Mr. Broadway | |
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| Directed by | Johnnie Walker |
| Written by | Abel Green Ed Sullivan |
| Starring | Ed Sullivan |
| Narrated by | Ed Sullivan |
| Cinematography | Frank Zucker |
| Edited by | Marc Arsch |
| Music by | Harold Arlen Isham Jones |
Production company | Broadway-Hollywood Productions Ltd. |
| Distributed by | Arthur Greenblatt Distribution Service |
Release date |
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Running time | 63 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
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The plot involves a newspaper reporter (Ed Sullivan, aka "Mr. Broadway") gathering material for his column. The plot was patterned on a similar film by columnist Walter Winchell, Broadway Through a Keyhole (1933). The Sullivan film primarily serves as a vehicle for him to escort viewers to various trendy New York nightclubs to watch celebrities.[1]
Cast
edit- Ed Sullivan as himself
- Jack Benny as himself
- Jack Dempsey as himself
- Eddy Duchin as himself
- Ruth Etting as herself
- Lita Grey as herself
- Jack Haley as himself
- Isham Jones as himself
- Bert Lahr as himself
- Mary Livingstone as herself
- Ernst Lubitsch as himself
- Lupe Vélez as herself
- Dita Parlo as The Girl
- William Desmond as Suitor
- Tom Moore as Other Suitor
The section of the film with Parlo, Desmond, and Moore is taken from an uncompleted film by Edgar G. Ulmer, titled Love's Interlude or The Warning Shadow, and begun in 1932 at Peerless Productions.[2]
References
edit- ^ Koszarski, Richard. 2004. Fort Lee: The Film Town. Rome, Italy: John Libbey Publishing, pp. 326–327. ISBN 0-86196-653-8
- ^ The Films of Edgar G. Ulmer by Bernd Herzongenrath
External links
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- Mr. Broadway at IMDb
- Mr. Broadway at AllMovie
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