Lord Byron of Broadway (1930)
- Directed by
- William Nigh, Harry Beaumont
- Genre
- musical film, romance film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Rating
- 4.6 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A songwriter climbs his way to success on Broadway while juggling relationships with two women. The story follows his rise and the emotional costs of his ambition.
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What happens
Lord Byron of Broadway (1930), also known as What Price Melody?, is an American Pre-Code musical drama film, directed by Harry Beaumont and William Nigh. It was based on a best selling book by Nell Martin, which "was widely praised by critics as an extremely true and amusing romance of stage life." It was filmed in black and white with two-color Technicolor sequences. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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