The Melody Man (1930)
- Directed by
- Roy William Neill
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 08m
- Rating
- 3.0 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man tries to make it as a songwriter in the big city. He faces obstacles and romantic complications with a young woman. The ending resolves without revealing if he succeeds.
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What happens
The Melody Man is a 1930 American pre-Code musical drama film produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. This film is important historically as being Columbia's first sound feature to feature color. The first reel of the film was photographed in the Technicolor process. It was directed by Roy William Neill and starred John St. Polis, Alice Day, and William Collier, Jr. The story is based on a Broadway play by Herbert Fields. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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