Stars Over Broadway

Stars Over Broadway
Stars Over Broadway
Directed by	William Keighley
Screenplay by	Jerry Wald; Julius J. Epstein; Pat C. Flick
Story by	Mildred Cram
Produced by	Samuel Bischoff
Starring	Pat O'Brien; Jane Froman; James Melton; Jean Muir; Frank McHugh; Eddie Conrad
Cinematography	George Barnes
Edited by	Bert L'Orle
Music by	Heinz Roemheld
Production; company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	November 23, 1935;
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Stars Over Broadway is a 1935 American musical film directed by William Keighley, written by Jerry Wald, Julius J. Epstein, & Pat C. Flick,^[1] and starring Pat O'Brien, Jane Froman, James Melton, Jean Muir, Frank McHugh, and Eddie Conrad.^[2] It was released by Warner Bros. on November 23, 1935.

Plot[]

Cast[]

Pat O'Brien as Al McGillevray
Jane Froman as Joan Garrett
James Melton as Jan King
Jean Muir as Nora Wyman
Frank McHugh as Offkey Cramer
Eddie Conrad as Freddy
William Ricciardi as Minotti
Marie Wilson as Molly
Frank Fay as Announcer
E. E. Clive as Crane
George Chandler as Charlie

Reception[]

Frank S. Nugent of The New York Times wrote in his review: "The Warners have tackled the operatic film with an engaging sense of humor. In Stars Over Broadway, which opened last night at the Strand, they contemplate grand opera with their tongue in their collective cheek, and with Al Dubin and Harry Warren standing by to assist the Messrs. Verdi, Schubert, and von Flotow in moments of upper registral stress and strain. The result is a generally amiable and melodious comedy which merits praise chiefly for its failure of fawn completely upon the diamond horseshoe. If there has been an evil in this operatic film cycle, it has been that of obsequiousness. No Uriah Heep could be more unctuous than the cinema has been in the presence of the Metropolitan. And opera, when placed in the Fellowship of the Sacred Cows, can be made very dull indeed. Just as dull, in fact, as some of the screen plays about those other Sacred Cows—motherhood, the home, the Hippocratic oath and the football team. Stars Over Broadway, then, is close to its best in that moment when Pat O'Brien refuses to permit the opera to claim his protégé. James Melton, and drags him from the Met stage to the microphone to convert his vocal assets into coffee-hour gold. It seemed that the maestri who heard the singer were thrilled with his voice, but felt he needed about five more years of study before chancing a début. And Mr. O'Brien, as he tactfully expressed it, 'needed some dough' and 'wasn't going to wait till I decorate a wheel chair'."^[3]

References[]

^ "Stars Over Broadway". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 20, 2016.
^ "Stars over Broadway (1935) - Overview". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved 2015-08-15.
^ Nugent, Frank S. (November 14, 1935). "Stars over Broadway - At the Strand". The New York Times. New York City. Retrieved September 20, 2016.

External links[]

Stars Over Broadway at IMDb

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[Stars_Over_Broadway-1] "Stars Over Broadway". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 20, 2016.

[2] "Stars over Broadway (1935) - Overview". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved 2015-08-15.

[3] Nugent, Frank S. (November 14, 1935). "Stars over Broadway - At the Strand". The New York Times. New York City. Retrieved September 20, 2016.

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