Broadway Melody of 1936

Broadway Melody of 1936 is a musical film released by MGM in 1935. In New York, the film opened at the Capitol Theatre, the site of many prestigious MGM premieres. It was a followup of sorts to the successful The Broadway Melody, which had been released in 1929, although, there is no story connection with the earlier film beyond the title and some music.

Irene Foster Eleanor Powell tries to convince her high school sweetheart, Broadway producer Robert Gordon Robert Taylor, to give her a chance to star in his new musical, but hes too busy with the rich widow June Knight backing his show. Irene tries to show Gordon that she has the talent to succeed, but he wont hire her. Things become complicated when she begins impersonating a French dancer, who was actually the invention of a gossip columnist Jack Benny.According to MGM records the film earned 1,655,000 in the US and Canada and 1,216,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of 691,000. ........

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