BROADWAY BABIES (1929) Alice White, Marion Byron & Sally Eilers | Drama, Musical | B&W | Free Movie

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Broadway Babies, aka Broadway Daddies (UK) and Ragazze d'America (Italy), is a 1929 all-talking Pre-Code black and white American musical film produced and distributed by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Brothers. The film was directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starred Alice White and Charles Delaney. This was White's first sound film with dialogue. As a copyright renewed work from 1929, the film will enter the American public domain on January 1, 2025.

Synopsis

Chorus girl Delight "Dee" Foster (Alice White) is in love with stage manager Billy Buvanny (Charles Delaney) and he also loves her. They plan to marry until bootlegger Perc Gessant (Fred Kohler) steps in. Dee is led to believe that Billy is in love with another girl, so she agrees to play around with Gessant when he becomes interested in her. When Gessant proposes marriage, Dee accepts. As they are about to be married, rival gangsters shoot Gessant and he ends up dying. Dee is reconciled with Billy and they become engaged.

Cast & Crew

Alice White as Delight "Dee" Foster
Marion Byron as Florine Chanler
Sally Eilers as Navarre King
Charles Delaney as Billy Buvanny
Tom Dugan as Scotty
Bodil Rosing as Sarah Durgan
Maurice Black as Nick Stepanos
Fred Kohler as Perc Gessant
Louis Natheaux as August 'Gus' Brand

Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy
Screenplay by: Monte M. Katterjohn, Humphrey Pearson
Based on: Broadway Musketeers by Jay Gelzer
Produced by: Robert North
Starring: Alice White
Cinematography: Sol Polito
Edited by: Frank Ware
Music by: Leo F. Forbstein
Production Company: First National Pictures
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Release Dates: June 30, 1929 (sound), July 28, 1929 (silent)
Running Time: 86 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English