Broadway Hostess

Broadway Hostess
Directed by	Frank McDonald
Produced by	Bryan Foy
Screenplay by	George Bricker
Story by	Benjamin M. Kaye (Uncredited)
Starring	Wini Shaw; Genevieve Tobin; Lyle Talbot
Music by	Mort Dixon (Music and lyrics); Leo F. Forbstein (Musical director); Allie Wrubel (Music and lyrics); Ray Heindorf (Music arranger-uncredited)
Cinematography	Arthur L. Todd (photography)
Edited by	Jack Killifer
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	December 7, 1935;
Running time	68 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Broadway Hostess is a 1935 American romantic comedy musical directed by Frank McDonald.[1] The film was nominated at the 1935 Academy Awards for the short lived Best Dance Direction category.[2] For which Bobby Connolly was nominated for, along with the film Go into Your Dance.[3][4]

Plot

Shaw plays a small town girl on her rise to stardom as a night club singer who is nevertheless not as fortunate with love. Pianist Tommy falls for her, even though he suspects she's in love with her manager Lucky. Lucky claims he doesn't want to get married, but is in fact in love with socialite Iris, who brings him into her circle of rich snobs, including her brother, a hot-tempered drunk with a huge gambling problem.[5]

Cast

Main

Winifred Shaw as Winnie
Genevieve Tobin as Iris
Lyle Talbot as Lucky
Allen Jenkins as Fishcake
Phil Regan as Tommy
Marie Wilson as Dorothy
Spring Byington as Mrs. Duncan-Griswald-Wembly-Smythe
Joseph King as Big Joe Jarvis
Donald Ross as Ronnie Marvin
Frank Dawson as Morse - Iris' Butler
Harry Seymour as Club Intime Emcee

Uncredited (Incomplete)

Ward Bond as Lucky's Henchman
Richard Powell as Third Member of Quartet in 'Playboy of Paree' Number
June Travis as Mrs. Bannister
Jack Wise as Nightclub Waiter
Jane Wyman as a chorus girl

Reviews

Andre Sennwald of The New York Times gave it a bad review saying it was very clichéd and hard to sit through.[6]

References

"Broadway Hostess". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 19, 2016.
"Broadway Hostess". Retrieved 26 February 2018 – via www.imdb.com.
"Broadway Hostess". The New York Times. New York City: The New York Times Company. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
"The 8th Academy Awards - 1936". Retrieved 26 February 2018.
"Broadway Hostess (1935)". Retrieved 26 February 2018 – via www.imdb.com.
Sennwald, Andre (December 16, 1935). "The Strand Theatre Presents 'Broadway Hostess' -- New Films in German and Spanish". The New York Times. New York City: The New York Times Company. Retrieved September 19, 2016.

External links

Broadway Hostess at IMDb
Broadway Hostess at the TCM Movie Database
Broadway Hostess at AllMovie
Broadway Hostess at the American Film Institute Catalog

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[Broadway_Hostess-1] "Broadway Hostess". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved September 19, 2016.

[2] "Broadway Hostess". Retrieved 26 February 2018 – via www.imdb.com.

[3] "Broadway Hostess". The New York Times. New York City: The New York Times Company. Retrieved September 19, 2016.

[4] "The 8th Academy Awards - 1936". Retrieved 26 February 2018.

[5] "Broadway Hostess (1935)". Retrieved 26 February 2018 – via www.imdb.com.

[6] Sennwald, Andre (December 16, 1935). "The Strand Theatre Presents 'Broadway Hostess' -- New Films in German and Spanish". The New York Times. New York City: The New York Times Company. Retrieved September 19, 2016.