3.42-The Broadway Melody with Kevin Pettit

Today's episode is my conversation about the 1929 film The Broadway Melody. My friend Kevin Pettit from the See You at the Movies newsletter joins me to discuss the film and we talk about whether the film was there just to support the music being played, the degree to which this film is was considered scandalous at the time, and whether or not the film earns the love triangle (quadrangle?) that serves as the centerpiece to the "action."

You can watch The Broadway Melody on YouTube or purchase a copy for your collection and be sure to check out Kevin's newsletter.

Other films mentioned in this episode include:

• Glorious Betsy directed by Alan Crosland and Gordon Hollingshead (listen to the episode discussing the film)
• Tombstone directed by George P. Cosmatos and Kevin Jarre
• My Darling Clementine directed by John Ford
• All Quiet on the Western Front directed by Lewis Milestone
• Wings directed by William A. Wellman
• Sinners directed by Ryan Coogler
• Anora directed by Sean Baker
• Police Story directed by Jackie Chan
• Old Boy directed by Park Chan-wook
• Our Dancing Daughters directed by Harry Beaumont
• The Artist directed by Michel Hazanavicius
• Y tu mamá también directed by Alfonso Cuaron
• Singin' in the Rain directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen
• Avatar directed by James Cameron
• Pocahontas directed by Eric Goldberg and Mike Gabriel
• The Wizard of Oz directed by Victor Fleming
• Gone with the Wind directed by Victor Fleming
• The White Lotus (series)
• Intolerance directed by D. W. Griffith
• Wicked directed by Jon M. Chu
• Emilia Pérez directed by Jacques Audiard
• La La Land directed by Damien Chazelle
• West Side Story directed by Stephen Spielberg

Other referenced topics:

• All Quiet on the Western Front (novel) by Erich Maria Remarque
• Motion Picture News review
• Variety review
• Gone with the Twins review