Every Best Picture - The Broadway Melody (1929) - Academy Award Winners Series

Harry Beaumont's "The Broadway Melody" was the second winner of the Academy Awards "Best Picture" Oscar and the first "talkie" to take home the coveted gold statue. But does the film stand the test of time and deserve it's place in cinema history? Starring Charles King, Anita Page, and Bessie Love

** Deep Dive Movie Reviews contain spoilers **

0:00 - Intro

0:46 - Broadway Melody synopsis

2:04 - Was every guy a “touchy - feely perve”?

3:21 - Comparing the Broadway Melody to “Wings”

6:50 - Other Best Picture nominees in 1929

9:49 - An allegory of the horrors of Hollywood

18:36 - Story is an excuse to have song & dance numbers

23:01 - The Oscars in 1930

25:38 - Does The Broadway Melody deserve its place in history?

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