Broadway

Broadway

Carl Laemmle's stupendous talking and singing picture.

1929 · 105 min · ★ 5.7 · Music, Crime

A naive young dancer in a Broadway show innocently gets involved in backstage bootlegging and murder.

Directed by Pál Fejős · Written by George Abbott

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