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Broadway Serenade

  • 19391939
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 54m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
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Lew Ayres and Jeanette MacDonald in Broadway Serenade (1939)
A singer and a composer part for their careers, then reunite for their marriage.
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Mary Hale (a singer) and Jimmy Seymour (pianist/composer), are a show biz couple working in The Big Apple in small night clubs hoping to hit it big. One night, Larry Bryant (a Broadway produ... Read allMary Hale (a singer) and Jimmy Seymour (pianist/composer), are a show biz couple working in The Big Apple in small night clubs hoping to hit it big. One night, Larry Bryant (a Broadway producer) spots Mary and is taken with her beauty and golden voice. Larry Bryant asks her to au... Read allMary Hale (a singer) and Jimmy Seymour (pianist/composer), are a show biz couple working in The Big Apple in small night clubs hoping to hit it big. One night, Larry Bryant (a Broadway producer) spots Mary and is taken with her beauty and golden voice. Larry Bryant asks her to audition for Mr. Collier and have Jimmy accompany her. After hearing Mary, Collier wants Mar... Read all
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
246
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
137,908
30,415
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    • Director
      • Robert Z. Leonard
    • Writers
      • Charles Lederer(screen play)
      • Lew Lipton(from original story by)
      • John Taintor Foote(from original story by)
    • Stars
      • Jeanette MacDonald
      • Lew Ayres
      • Ian Hunter
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Robert Z. Leonard
    • Writers
      • Charles Lederer(screen play)
      • Lew Lipton(from original story by)
      • John Taintor Foote(from original story by)
    • Stars
      • Jeanette MacDonald
      • Lew Ayres
      • Ian Hunter
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 13User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews

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    Lew Ayres in Broadway Serenade (1939)
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    Lew Ayres and Jeanette MacDonald in Broadway Serenade (1939)
    Lew Ayres and Jeanette MacDonald in Broadway Serenade (1939)
    Lew Ayres and Jeanette MacDonald in Broadway Serenade (1939)
    Jeanette MacDonald in Broadway Serenade (1939)
    Lew Ayres, Ian Hunter, and Jeanette MacDonald in Broadway Serenade (1939)
    Lew Ayres and Jeanette MacDonald in Broadway Serenade (1939)
    Lew Ayres and Jeanette MacDonald in Broadway Serenade (1939)
    Lew Ayres and Jeanette MacDonald in Broadway Serenade (1939)
    Lew Ayres and Jeanette MacDonald in Broadway Serenade (1939)
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    Jeanette MacDonald
    Jeanette MacDonald
    • Mary Hale
    Lew Ayres
    Lew Ayres
    • James Geoffrey Seymour
    Ian Hunter
    Ian Hunter
    • Larry Bryant
    Frank Morgan
    Frank Morgan
    • Cornelius Collier, Jr.
    Wally Vernon
    Wally Vernon
    • Joey - the Jinx
    Rita Johnson
    Rita Johnson
    • Judith Tyrrell
    Virginia Grey
    Virginia Grey
    • Pearl
    William Gargan
    William Gargan
    • Bill
    Katharine Alexander
    Katharine Alexander
    • Harriet Ingalls
    Al Shean
    Al Shean
    • Herman
    Esther Dale
    Esther Dale
    • Mrs. Olsen
    Franklin Pangborn
    Franklin Pangborn
    • Gene
    E. Alyn Warren
    E. Alyn Warren
    • Everett
    • (as E. Allyn Warren)
    Paul Hurst
    Paul Hurst
    • Reynolds
    Frank Orth
    Frank Orth
    • Mr. Fellows
    Esther Howard
    Esther Howard
    • Mrs. Fellows
    Leon Belasco
    Leon Belasco
    • 'Squeaker'
    Kitty McHugh
    Kitty McHugh
    • Kitty - the Maid
    • Director
      • Robert Z. Leonard
    • Writers
      • Charles Lederer(screen play)
      • Lew Lipton(from original story by)
      • John Taintor Foote(from original story by)
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    • Trivia
      Busby Berkeley only directed the final musical number.
    • Quotes

      James: Lambchop, do you remember that wonderful, romantic honeymoon we never had?

      Mary: I remember it as though it were tomorrow.

    • Connections
      Featured in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Big Parade of Hits for 1940 (1940)
    • Soundtracks
      For Ev'ry Lonely Heart
      (1939) (uncredited)

      (Also called "Broadway Serenade" (1939))

      Music by Herbert Stothart and Edward Ward

      Lyrics by Gus Kahn

      Adapted from "None But the Lonely Heart" (1880)

      By Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Played by the studio orchestra during the opening credits

      Played on piano by Lew Ayres, on violin by Leon Belasco, on cello by Al Shean and sung by Jeanette MacDonald at the boardinghouse

      Reprised on piano by Lew Ayres, and sung Jeanette MacDonald in Collier's office

      Reprised with Jeanette MacDonald and chorus in the finale

    User reviews13

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    Top review
    6/10
    6/10 ***/5 ~ Jeanette stumbles in her career and breaks a nail.
    With a string of glorious classics including The Merry Widow, Naughty Marietta, Rose Marie, Maytime and San Francisco, Jeanette MacDonald had rapidly grown from Paramount transfer to established musical Queen of the MGM lot. Her operetta series with Nelson Eddy was challenging the studio's intended blockbusters. Stars from Joan Crawford to Norma Shearer were taking new acting lessons and going over their contracts. Evidently MGM felt the need to show MacDonald her place, and railroaded her into this unworthy affair which remains among the "Iron Butterfly"'s weaker vehicles.

    MacDonald herself endures the film with her usual dignity, and there are the usual songs and arias to atone for the silly story. Also there's a chance to see Lew Ayres out of his "Dr. Kildare" strait-jacket, and Jeanette has some charming scenes with The Wizard of Oz himself, Frank Morgan. Anyone who loves the Lion will find something to like; everyone else beware.
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    • Sep 22, 2001

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    • Release date
      • April 7, 1939 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Serenada ljubavi
    • Filming locations
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 54 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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