Broadway Scandals

Broadway Scandals
Directed by	George Archainbaud
Produced by	Harry Cohn
Written by	Norman Houston Howard J. Green Gladys Lehman (scenario)
Starring	Sally O'Neil Jack Egan
Cinematography	Harry Jackson
Edited by	Leon Barsha Ben Pivar
Production company	Columbia Pictures Corporation
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	November 10, 1929 (U.S.)
Running time	73 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Broadway Scandals is a 1929 American Pre-Code musical film.^{[1] [2]}

Cast

• Sally O'Neil - Mary
• Jack Egan - Ted Howard
• Carmel Myers - Valeska
• J. Barney Sherry - Le Claire
• Charles C. Wilson - Jack Lane
• Doris Dawson - Bobby
• Wild Bill Elliott - George Halloway

Songs

• "Does An Elephant Love Peanuts?"

  Music and Lyrics by James F. Hanley

  Sung by Jack Egan

  Danced by Jack Egan and Sally O'Neill

  Copyright 1929 by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. Inc.

• "What Is Life Without Love?"

  Sung by Jack Egan

  Music and Lyrics by Jack Stone, Fred Thompson, & Dave Franklin

  Copyright 1929 by Irving Berlin Inc.

• "Would I Love To Love You (I'd Love To)"

  Sung by Jack Egan

  Words and Music by Dave Dreyer and Sidney Clare

  Copyright 1929 by Irving Berlin Inc.

• "Can You Read in My Eyes"'

  Music and lyrics by Sam Coslow

• "Love's the Cause of All My Blues"

  Music and lyrics by Joe Trent and Charles Daniels

• "Rhythm of the Tambourine"

  Music and lyrics by David Franklin

• "Kickin' the Blues Away"

  Music and lyrics by David Franklin and James F. Hanley.

Reception

Photoplay Magazine was unenthusiastic in its review of Broadway Scandals: "If this picture appeared six months ago, it would have looked better, for it is a late entrant in the line of love stories back of the theater curtain." Egan and Myers did well in their roles, while "Sally O'Neil tries hard."^[3]

References

1. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
2. Broadway Scandals at silentera.com
3. Kreuger, Miles ed. The Movie Musical from Vitaphone to 42nd Street as Reported in a Great Fan Magazine (New York: Dover Publications) p 127. ISBN 0-486-23154-2

External links

• Broadway Scandals at the Internet Movie Database
• Broadway Scandals at the TCM Movie Database
• A review of Broadway Scandals by New York Times
• Broadway Scandals in the British Film Institute's "Explore film..." database