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Broadway Gondolier
Broadway Gondolier (1935) is a musical film directed by Lloyd Bacon. The film was released by Warner Bros., and featured Dick Powell, Joan Blondell and Adolphe Menjou.
Plot
Richard "Dick" Purcell (Dick Powell), a taxi driver, aspires to achieve his dream of becoming a singer. After a couple of theatre critics discover him while riding in his cab, one of them recommends him to a radio producer (Grant Mitchell). The producer's secretary, Alice Hughes (Joan Blondell), hears him sing and falls in love with him. She sets up an audition for Dick to sing for the sponsor, Mrs. Flagenheim (Louise Fazenda). He's late for his audition and blows his big chance.
Cast
- Adolphe Menjou
- Candy Candido
- Dick Powell
- Eddie Graham
- Edmund Mortimer
- Emmett Vogan
- Frank O'Connor
- George Barbier
- George Chandler
- Gino Corrado
- Grant Mitchell
- Hobart Cavanaugh
- Joan Blondell
- Joe Sawyer
- John Mills
- June Travis
- Leo White
- Lloyd Bacon
- Louise Fazenda
- Sam Ash
- Selmer Jackson
- Wild Bill Elliott
- William Gargan
- William Jeffrey
More details
| author | Sig Herzig |
|---|---|
| director | Lloyd Bacon |
| editor | George Amy |
| keywords | gondolier italy jilt masquerade new york city rid sing taxi driver think true identity venice |
| musicBy | Heinz Eric Roemheld |
| producer | Samuel Bischoff |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. |
| publisher | Warner Bros. |
| theme | musical |