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Director
  
Frank McDonald

Cinematography
  
Arthur L. Todd

Language
  
English

5/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy, Musical, Romance

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

Broadway Hostess movie poster

Writer
  
George Bricker
,
Benjamin M. Kaye

Release date
  
December 7, 1935 (1935-12-07)

Music director
  
Allie Wrubel, Ray Heindorf, Leo F. Forbstein

Cast
  
Wini Shaw
(Winnie Wharton),
Genevieve Tobin
(Iris Marvin),
Lyle Talbot
(Lucky Lorimer),
Allen Jenkins
(Fishcake Carter),
Phil Regan
(Tommy Blake),
Marie Wilson
(Dorothy Dubois)

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Jaws of Steel
,
Below the Line
,
Under the Black Eagle
,
My Dad
,
Find Your Man
,
The Man from Hell's River

Tagline
  
Red hot rhythm...against a background of Broadway night life!

Broadway Hostess is a 1935 American romantic comedy musical directed by Frank McDonald. The film was nominated at the 1935 Academy Awards for the short lived Best Dance Direction category. For which Bobby Connolly was nominated for, along with the film Go into Your Dance.

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Plot

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It is about a small town girl on her rise to stardom. But is having problems with love. Tommy falls in love with Winnie, but he feels she is in love with her manager Lucky. Lucky claims he does not want to get married, but is in fact in love with the rich socialite Iris. While Iris's brother loses money with his gambling problem.

Main

  • Winifred Shaw as Winnie
  • Genevieve Tobin as Iris
  • Lyle Talbot as Lucky
  • Allen Jenkins as Fishcake
  • Phil Regan as Tommy
  • Marie Wilson as Dorothy
  • Spring Byington as Mrs. Duncan-Griswald-Wembly-Smythe
  • Joseph King as Big Joe Jarvis
  • Donald Ross as Ronnie Marvin
  • Frank Dawson as Morse - Iris' Butler
  • Harry Seymour as Club Intime Emcee

    • Uncredited (Incomplete)

  • Ward Bond as Lucky's Henchman
  • Richard Powell as Third Member of Quartet in 'Playboy of Paree' Number
  • June Travis as Mrs. Bannister
  • Jack Wise as Nightclub Waiter
  • Jane Wyman as a chorus girl

    • Reviews

    Andre Sennwald of The New York Times gave it a bad review saying it was very clichéd and hard to sit through.

    References

    Broadway Hostess Wikipedia
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    Broadway Hostess IMDb Broadway Hostess themoviedb.org