Broadway Melody of 1936

US (1935): Musical/Comedy/Dance

Bob Gordon (Robert Taylor) is staging a new Broadway show, but he is short of money. He gets an offer of money by the young widow Lilian (June Knight), if she can dance in his new show. Bert Keeler (Jack Benny), a newspaper man, gets this information and is writing about this in his column in an slight unfriendly way. Gordon's old class mate Irene Forster (Eleanor Powell), a tap dancer from Albany also tries to get the leading role in this show, but Lilian insists in getting this part herself. So Irene Forster, Bert Keeler and Gordon's secretary Kitty (Una Merkel) start a little game to get Irene the leading role. (Stephan Eichenberg, IMDb)

Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed tunes include the title song, "You Are My Lucky Star", "I've Got a Feeling You're Fooling", "Sing Before Breakfast" and "On a Sunday Afternoon."

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3 nominations, 1 Award