BROADWAY (1929) Glenn Tryon, Evelyn Brent & Merna Kennedy | Crime, Romance | B&W Retro Movie

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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.

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.

Synopsis

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.

Cast & Crew

Glenn 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 Ann

Directed by: Paul Fejos
Screenplay: Charles Furthman, Edward T. Lowe Jr., Tom Reed (titles)
Based on: Broadway by Philip Dunning and George Abbott
Produced by: Carl Laemmle Jr.

Cinematography: Hal Mohr
Edited by: Edward Cahn, Robert Carlisle
Music by: Howard Jackson (uncredited)

Production Company: Universal Studios
Distributed by: Universal Studios

Release Date: May 27, 1929 (New York)
Running Time: 107 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English