About the film
musical pre-code vaudeville theater
Broadway to Hollywood
Release Date: September 15, 1933
| Year | : | 1933 |
| Slogan | : | «The star-studded cavalcade of the theatre!» |
| Genres | : | Music, Drama |
| Production Companies | : | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Director | : | Jules White, Willard Mack |
| Producers | : | |
| Writers | : | Edgar Allan Woolf, Willard Mack |
| RunTime | : | 85 mins. |
Broadway to Hollywood is a through-the-years saga about a show business family. Frank Morgan and Alice Brady play vaudeville headliners of the 1880s whose fame is eclipsed by their son (played as a youth by Jackie Cooper, then as an adult by Russell Hardie). Morgan and Brady are reduced to bit roles in a musical starring their son and his wife (Madge Evans). Alas, Sonny spoils it all by drinking and philandering, while his wife dies in a freak accident.
Main Actors
Alice Brady
Character : Lulu Hackett
Frank Morgan
Character : Ted Hackett
Jackie Cooper
Character : Ted Hackett Jr. as Child
Russell Hardie
Character : Ted Hackett Jr.
Madge Evans
Character : Anne Ainsley
Mickey Rooney
Character : Ted Hackett III as Child
Eddie Quillan
Character : Ted Hackett III
Jimmy Durante
Character : Jimmy
May Robson
Character : Veteran Actress
Fay Templeton
Character : Production Number Singer - Edited from The March of Time (1930) (archive footage)
Tad Alexander
Character : Cousin David
Edward Brophy
Character : Joe Mannion
Ruth Channing
Character : Wanda
William Collier Sr.
Character : Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
Marie Dressler
Character : Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
Claire Du Brey
Character : Aunt Clara
Nelson Eddy
Character : John Sylvester
Muriel Evans
Character : Maid
Barney Fagan
Character : Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
Lew Fields
Character : In Horse Costume
Eddie Foster
Character : Undetermined Role
Robert Greig
Character : 'Diamond Jim' Brady
Sherry Hall
Character : Assistant on Film Set
Tenen Holtz
Character : Booking Agent
DeWolf Hopper Sr.
Character : Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
Curly Howard
Character : Fritz the Clown
Jean Howard
Character : Grace - Chorus Girl
Moe Howard
Character : Otto the Clown
Frank Jenks
Character : Call Boy
Isabelle Keith
Character : Jenny Carter - Girl in Movie Clip
Louis Mann
Character : Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
Miriam Marlin
Character : Chorine
Edwin Maxwell
Character : Rockwell
Una Merkel
Character : Flirt in Audience
Tom Nawn and Company
Character : Performers
Helen Parrish
Character : Cousin
Edward Peil Sr.
Character : Stage Manager
Albertina Rasch
Character : Dance Group Leader (archive footage)
Rice and Cady
Character : Performers
Josephine Sable
Character : Vaudeville Act (archive footage)
Bobby Somers
Character : Ted Hackett III as a Baby
Billy Sullivan
Character : Undetermined Role
Forrest Taylor
Character : Conway - Film Director
Joe Weber
Character : In Horse Costume
Leo White
Character : Joe Weber
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