The Broadway Melody
The vaudeville act of Harriet and Queenie Mahoney comes to Broadway, where their friend Eddie Kerns needs them for his number in one of Francis Zanfield's shows. When Eddie meets Queenie, he soon falls in love with her—but she is already being courted by Jock Warriner, a member of New York high society. Queenie eventually recognizes that, to Jock, she is nothing more than a toy, and that Eddie is in love with her. Musical films started almost as soon as sync sound was introduced in Hollywood in 1929. Starting as an outgrowth of vaudeville, Hollywood and the rest of the world quickly developed a universal language of singing and dancing in films that continues to this day. From Fred Astaire in “Top Hat” and Gene Kelly in “Singin’ in the Rain,” to “Wicked” to the latest from Bollywood, musicals have entranced audiences for a hundred years and show no sign of losing their appeal any time soon. Join us as we take a tour through the history of musicals on film from Hollywood to the rest of the world. January 14 – The Broadway Melody (Harry Beaumont, 1929) January 21 – Swing Time (George Stevens, 1936) January 28 – Cabaret (Bob Fosse, 1972) February 4 – The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Jacques Demy, 1964) February 11 – La La Land (Damian Chazelle, 2016) February 18 – Purple Rain (Albert Magnoli, 1984) February 25 – Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (Aditya Chopra, 1995) March 4 – Grease (Randal Kleiser, 1978) March 11 – Meet Me in St Louis (Vincente Minelli, 1944) March 18 – A Star is Born (George Cukor, 1952) March 25 – Wicked (Jon Chu, 2024)MusicPT1H41MNR2026-01-14Charles King
Anita Page
Bessie Love
Harry Beaumont
Harry Rapf
Irving Thalberg
Lawrence Weingarten
The Broadway Melody"The Broadway Melody"Showtimes
January 14, 7:00 pm
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