Broadway Through a Keyhole

Broadway Through a Keyhole
Broadway Through a Keyhole
	Film poster
Directed by	Lowell Sherman
Written by	C. Graham Baker; Gene Towne (screenplay)
Story by	Walter Winchell
Produced by	William Goetz; Raymond Griffith
Music by	Alfred Newman
Production; company	Twentieth Century Pictures
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	November 2, 1933;
Running time	90 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Broadway Through a Keyhole, also billed as Broadway Thru a Keyhole, is a 1933 American pre-Code 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. It also features early appearances by Lucille Ball, Ann Sothern, and Susan Fleming. The film is based on an original story by Broadway columnist Walter Winchell.

Plot

Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan's famous Broadway night spot. 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. After scoring a hit, Joan accepts Frank's marriage proposal, more out of gratitude than love. The situation gets even stickier when she falls for a handsome band leader during a trip to Florida. Can she tell Frank she's in love with someone else?

Cast

Constance Cummings as Joan Whelan
Russ Columbo as Clark Brian
Paul Kelly as Frank Rocci
Blossom Seeley as Sybil Smith
Gregory Ratoff as Max Mefoofski
Texas Guinan as Tex Kaley
Abe Lyman as Orchestra Leader
Hugh O'Connell as Chuck Haskins
Hobart Cavanaugh as Peanuts Dinwiddie
Frances Williams as Frances Williams
Eddie Foy, Jr. as Joan's partner
George Mann as George Mann - Columnist
C. Henry Gordon as Tim Crowley
William Burress as Thomas Barnum
Helen Jerome Eddy as Esther
Lucille Ball as Chorine (uncredited)
Susan Fleming as Chorine (uncredited)
Ann Sothern as Singer (uncredited)

External links

Broadway Through a Keyhole at IMDb
Review at pre-code.com

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