Review of The Broadway Melody (1929) by Dave Kehr for Chicago Reader — 01 Jan 2000
The staging is wooden, the story insipid, and the dialogue sequences mostly painful, but the film's integration of song, dance, and story was a clear narrative advance over the music pictures being released by Warner Brothers and Fox.
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This review of The Broadway Melody (1929) was written by Dave Kehr and published by Chicago Reader on 01 Jan 2000.
The Broadway Melody has generally received mixed reviews.
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