Broadway Melody of 1938

Broadway Melody of 1938 is a 1937 musical film produced by MetroGoldwynMayer and directed by Roy Del Ruth. The film is essentially a backstage musical revue, featuring highbudget sets and cinematography in the MGM musical tradition. The film stars Eleanor Powell and Robert Taylor and features Buddy Ebsen, George Murphy, Judy Garland, Sophie Tucker, Raymond Walburn, Robert Benchley and Binnie Barnes.

Young horse trainer Sally Eleanor Powell befriends Sonny George Murphy and Peter Buddy Ebsen, who have been hired to look after a horse her family once owned. Concerned for the horses wellbeing, she sneaks aboard a train taking the horse and its caretakers to New York City. En route she meets talent agent Steve Raleigh Robert Taylor who, impressed with her dancing and singing, sets her on the road to stardom and romance blossoms between the two. A subplot involves a boarding house for performers run by Sophie Tucker, who is trying to find a big break for young Judy Garland.The majority of songs in Broadway Melody of 1938 were written by Nacio Herb Brown music and Arthur Freed lyrics ........

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