| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | Nominated | Oscar | Best Picture (Warner Bros.). |
| Best Sound, Recording Nathan Levinson (sound director) (Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department). | |||
Warner Bros.
Directed by Lloyd Bacon
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Bros.)
Most of the film is a rather predictable Broadway backstage melodrama. Chorus girls audition for their parts in the latest show directed by an aging, if respected, Warner Baxter. He whips them into shape during a grueling five week rehearsal. Off stage, the company engages in some harmless dating, too tired to do much of anything else. The financial backer, and old codger, is kept happy by escorting the leading lady, even though she is in love with someone else. When she breaks her ankle the night before the opening, it is up to newcomer Ruby Keeler as Peggy to step in from her chorus girl part and take over the lead. The final 15 minutes or so are given over to Busby Berkeley and his over-the-top choreography, almost like it belongs to a different movie.
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