A racketeer paul kelly and a bandleader russ columbo compete for the affections of a chorus girl constance cummings. The success of the keyhole led to warner brothers absolute refusal to loan her out. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. Overview of broadway thru a keyhole, 1933, directed by lowell sherman, with constance cummings, paul kelly, russ columbo, at turner classic movies. Lauded across the board by publications such as variety, playbill, the huffington post, time out ny, and, of course, the ny times which called the series witty, breezily pacedinformative. The best movie about broadway is and i will brook no discussion all about eve. Great clips hair salon in tucson, az broadway east plaza.
A list of 90 films compiled on letterboxd, including the phantom of the opera 1925, 42nd street 1933, the shop around the corner 1940, woman of the year 1942 and the red shoes 1948. Under adolph zukor, who had a hand in managing the studio until his death in 1976, the stress was on great stars. Broadway through a keyhole, also billed as broadway thru a keyhole, is a 1933 american precode musical film produced by twentieth century pictures and. In addition to his film career, columbo was also performing at nightclubs. Founded in 1912 as famous players, paramount was the oldest major american film studio. The title card for this film reads, walter winchells broadway thru a keyhole. Broadway through a keyhole, also billed as broadway thru a keyhole, is a 1933 american precode musical film produced by twentieth century pictures and released by united artists new york city speakeasy proprietress texas guinan appears as a fictionalized version of herself in the film. This film clip from broadway thru a keyhole with russ columbo and. Russ columbo and constance cummings is entertaining the audience while texas guinan is as rude as ever. In any case, with his latest film, the partially successful keyhole, he moves things ahead by a couple of decades to incorporate every kind of genre popular in the 40s, short of musical, making. Starring constance cummings, paul kelly, russ columbo, blossom seeley, gregory ratoff, texas guinan, abe lyman and his band, hugh oconnell, hobart cavanaugh, frances williams, eddie foy, jr.
Kay francis was my grandfathers favorite actress because she looked like my grandmotherand did a number of adult roles in the pre code days as strong and liberated women. Broadway to hollywood is a 1933 american precode musical film directed by willard mack, produced by harry rapf, cinematography by norbert brodine and released by metrogoldwynmayer. The american musical is both an intriguing social history and delectable smorgasbord of performance snippets, anecdotes and scholarly wisdom. List of plays adapted into feature films wikipedia. After keyhole she was too valuable, but it was a curse in. Broadway thru a keyhole racketeer frank rocci is smitten with joan whelan, a dancer at texas guinans famous broadway night spot. The tonywinning revival of angels in america played its last performance at the neil simon theatre on july 15. Russ columbo and carole lombard a beautiful melody interrupted. In my record collection i have a 78 rpm recording of columbo singing two songs from the movie. In his all too short career, this turned out to be the first of only two feature films that starred crooner russ columbo. Without david frost and loyd grossman, through the keyhole is all about the banter and keith lemon tom meltzer mon 2 sep 20 02. Guy maddins latest is a surreal black and white haunted house movie, a disturbing, painstakingly wrought montage of strange.
To learn more about the history of the broadway theatre, see historical information provided by the shubert organization and spotlight on broadways video. The threedvd box set of the pbs extravaganza broadway. They were all famous in their own right for other things than motion pictures, but here they are. Kay plays ann brooks, married to a much older and richer husband schuyler brooks henry kolker, but hounded by a man from her past. Broadway through a keyhole 1933 cast and crew moviefone. Films made into broadway musicals, a list of films by. The most successful studio of the silent era, it was bankrupt by 1933, yet managed to survive in large part thanks to three extremely popular stars. The broadway theatre is best known by movie historians as the first theatre in which cineramathe trademarked name for a widescreen processand its inaugural film this is cinerama played. Broadway thru a keyhole 1933 directed by lowell sherman. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. See more ideas about soundtrack, music and broadway. Morning glory 1933 broadway through a keyhole 1933 born to be bad 1934 night life of the gods 1935 d. Its no secret that the hollywood comet loves musicals.
Ann kay francis, currently married to wealthy schuyler brooks henry kolker, suddenly hears from her exhusband, maurice monroe owsley, that he never. It and much of the film play like a smorgasbord of early 30s films. Broadway thru a keyhole 1933, with constance cummings and paul kelly. With constance cummings, russ columbo, paul kelly, blossom seeley. Must match directors idea and be appropriate for the style effective for first and last row alike easy to recreate prosthetics. After scoring a hit, joan accepts franks marriage proposal, more out of gratitude than love. Made from foam, latex, silicone, or gelatinbased materials applied wspirit gum which is very strong steps. The only reason to see broadway thru a keyhole, is because for perhaps the one and only time you can see russ columbo, texas guinan and blossom seeley in the same movie. This is a list of plays other than those written by william shakespeare covered by the above section that have been adapted into feature films. The situation gets even stickier when she falls for a handsome band. It also features early appearances by lucille ball, ann sothern, and susan fleming.
Glynis johns, who portrays grandma gallagher in the film, was not ever in a broadway production of gypsy, but sondheim fans will remember her. The screenplay, based on an original story idea by gossip columnist walter winchell, has a gangster paul kelly falling for a chorus girl constance. The keyhole is a 1933 american precode comedydrama film directed by michael curtiz plot. Broadway thru a keyhole has a backgroimd of night clulbs and shows. Louise lester starred in a dozen calamity anne films for the american film company between 1912. Broadway thru a keyhole 1933 broadway thru a keyhole.
At the time of his death, columbo had just completed work on the film wake up. After scoring a hit, joan accepts franks marriage proposal, more. Broadway thru a keyhole 1933 download full hd youtube. The title of the play is followed by its first public performance, its playwright, the title of the film adapted from the play, the year of the film and the film. The film features many of mgms stars of the time, including frank morgan, alice brady, may robson, madge evans, jimmy durante, mickey rooney, and jackie cooper. In 2010, i revealed i had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Broadway thru a keyhole 1933 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. A popular movie being turned into a broadway musical has happened now and then in the past, but in the past 1015 years, in our current culture of branding, the practice has become. Broadway thru a keyhole full full movie, broadway thru a keyhole full full movie streaming broadway thru a keyhole full movie engsub watch broadway thru a keyhole full english full movie online.
With music by andrew lloyd webber and lyrics by don black, the onehour, solofemale song cycle tell me on a sunday was taped before a studio audience and. A racketeer paul kelly and a bandleader russ columbo love a chorus girl constance cummings. Racketeer frank rocci is smitten with joan whelan, a dancer at texas guinans famous broadway night spot. He wanted to marry carole because he felt that they completed one another. Lupe velez, the texan with gary cooper, and broadway thru a keyhole. Telecharger broadway thru a keyhole film complet en francais 1933 distributeur. Storm at daybreak 1933, her following movie made for mgm she was agreed to do the film prior to keyholes release, would be the last time jack warner would allow her to work for someone else. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing broadway through a keyhole near you. The keyhole is a delicious precode film with kay and george brent. Broadway through a keyhole 1933 starring russ columbo, constance cummings. Telecharger broadway thru a keyhole 1933 film complet en. Crooners russ columbo and bing crosby were considered rivals until columbo died in a freak shooting accident the year after broadway thru a keyhole was made. Read the full synopsis of broadway thru a keyhole, 1933, directed by lowell sherman, with constance cummings, paul kelly, russ columbo, at turner classic movies. Jane froman, georges metaxa, novia, gerald oliver smith, don zelaya, philip ryder, ralph sanford, eric titus, harlan briggs, cahney and fox.
Broadway thru a keyhole 1933 broadway through a keyhole 1933 doesnt actually emanate much broadway atmosphere, but it does boast pleasingly uninhibited precode melodramatics, plus snappy dialogue and elaborate if sparse musical numbers. Fasten your seat belts, its going to be a bumpy night is a line that will live on forever. Kissing time, 1933 a warner brothervitaphone release runtime 23 minutes cast. Telecharger broadway thru a keyhole film complet en. Broadway thru a keyhole 1933 a gangster helps a young dancer rise to stardom only to have her fall for another man. Besides the warner gangster flicks, you have the uptown lowdown with a. The last scene in the movie which clearly shows that violent dancing can be lethal. Day of reckoning una merkel shines in her th film of 1933 a terrific film. On broadway premiered at the independent film festival of boston in april 2007, and later was screened at the galway film festival and the newport beach film festival. Hollywood in 1931, and returned to broadway in 1935 to write eleven groundbreaking shows, including on your toesand pal. Broadway thru a keyhole 1933 a gangster helps a young dancer rise to. Wikimedia commonsta lowell sherman ile ilgili ortam dosyalar. He uses his influence to help her get a starring role in the show, hoping that it will also get joan to fall in love with him. Anne brooks kay francis, wife of wealthy businessman schuyler brooks, is being blackmailed by her former husband maurice le brun who never finalized their divorce and lied to her about it.
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