Broadway Serenade(1939)
It's got "Maytime's" glories..."Ziegfeld's" thrills. No wonder 22,000,000 people voted Jeanette MacDonald Queen of Song, Romance and Beauty!
A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they audition before a Broadway producer, but the producer only wants the singer, leaving the husband without a job and feeling a failure.
Movie: Broadway Serenade
Top 10 Billed Cast
Mary Hale
James Geoffrey 'Jimmy' Seymour
Larry Bryant
Cornelius Collier, Jr.
Joey, the Jinx
Judith 'Judy' Tyrrell
Pearl
Bill Foster
Harriet Ingalls
Herman
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