The Royal Family of Broadway
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Director George Cukor
Cyril Gardner Writer Edna Ferber , George S. Kaufman , Herman Mankiewicz , Gertrude Purcell Release date December 22, 1930 (U.S.) Initial release December 22, 1930 (New York City) Directors George Cukor, Cyril Gardner Screenplay Herman J. Mankiewicz, Gertrude Purcell Story by George S. Kaufman, Edna Ferber Cast Ina Claire (Julie Cavendish), Fredric March (Tony Cavendish), Mary Brian (Gwen Cavendish)Similar movies Related George Cukor movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Royal Family of Broadway is a 1930 pre-Code comedy film, directed by George Cukor and Cyril Gardner, and released by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay was adapted by Herman J. Mankiewicz and Gertrude Purcell from the play The Royal Family by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman.
It stars Ina Claire, Fredric March, Mary Brian, Henrietta Crosman, Arnold Korff and Frank Conroy.
The film tells the story of a girl from a family of great Broadway actors who contemplates leaving show business and getting married. The characters are loosely based on the first American theatrical family, the Barrymores. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor (Fredric March).
A 35mm nitrate print was preserved at UCLA Film & Television in 1985. The film has not be released on DVD or Blu-Ray. Copyright is held by Universal/MCA.
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