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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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.
melodramaticsentimentalromanticbittersweettheatricalfast-pacedglamorousdated
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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