Broadway Gondolier (1935) - film review

Comedy / Musical / Romance

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Broadway Gondolier is an American comedy romance film first released in 1935, directed by Lloyd Bacon. The film stars Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Adolphe Menjou and Louise Fazenda. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Credits

Director: Lloyd Bacon
Script: Sig Herzig, E.Y. Harburg, Hanns Kräly, Warren Duff, Julius J. Epstein, Jerry Wald, Francesco Maria Piave
Photo: George Barnes
Music: Heinz Roemheld
Cast: Dick Powell (Richard ’Dick’ Purcell, aka Ricardo Purcelli), Joan Blondell (Alice Hughes), Adolphe Menjou (Professor Eduardo de Vinci), Louise Fazenda (Mrs. Flaggenheim), William Gargan (Cliff Stanley), George Barbier (Music Critic Hayward), Grant Mitchell (E.V.Richards, Radio Producer), Ted Fio Rito (Bandleader Ted Fio Rito), The Mills Brothers (Themselves), Donald Mills (Himself, One of the Mills Brothers), Harry Mills (Himself, One of the Mills Brothers), Herbert Mills (Himself, One of the Mills Brothers), John Mills (Himself, One of the Mills Brothers), Hobart Cavanaugh (Music Critic Gilmore), Joe Sawyer (’Red’), Rafael Storm (Ramon), Bob Murphy (Singing Traffic Cop), James Burke (Uncle Andy), Sam Ash (Singer), Lloyd Bacon (Man Going to Brooklyn), Candy Candido (Candy), Anne Canova (Hillbilly Specialty), Judy Canova (Hillbilly Specialty), Pete Canova (HillbillySpecialty), Zeke Canova (Hillbilly Specialty), George Chandler (Photographer), André Cheron (Headwaiter), Gino Corrado (Clerk in Italian Store), The Debutantes (Singers in Ted Fio Rito’s Band), Henry De Silva (Steward), Bill Elliott (Reporter), Leo F. Forbstein (Orchestra Leader in Rehearsal), Eddie Graham (Man in Audience), Tom Hanlon (Second Radio Announcer), Otto Heimel (Man), Selmer Jackson (Program Director), William Jeffrey (Manager), Milton Kibbee (Red’s Pal), Muzzy Marcellino (Singer in Ted Fio Rito’s Band), Tom McGuire (Man Leaving Opera and Extra at Accident), Edmund Mortimer (Man Leaving Opera and Dance Floor Extra), Jack Norton (Reporter), Frank O’Connor (Majordomo Directing Taxicabs), Henry Otho (Pete, the Guard), Elsa Peterson (Woman), Paul Porcasi (Señor Fuzzi), Cliff Saum (Red’s Pal), Rolfe Sedan (Mrs. Flaggenheim’s Secretary), Harry Seymour (First Radio Announcer), June Travis (Hat Check Girl), Mary Treen (Second Irate Phone Caller), Don Turner (Taxi Driver at Accident), Emmett Vogan (Reporter), Leo White (de Vinci’s Friend), Ernest Wood (Hotel Desk Clerk)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 99 min; B&W

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