Lord Byron Of Broadway (1930) On DVD

Actor:           Charles Kaley, Ethelind Terry, Marion Shilling, Cliff Edwards, Gwen Lee                          
Director:      Harry Beaumont, William Nigh
Genre:         Musicals
Year:            1930
Studio:         Warner/Allied Vaughn
Length:        66
Released:    May 28, 2010
Rating:         Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:        DVD
Misc:            NTSC, Black & White / Color
Language:   English
Subtitles  :   N/A

DESCRIPTION:

Roy Erskine (Charles Kaley) is aiming for songwriting stardom. And if he has to use and abuse a lineup of Broadway babies to do it, that's fine with Roy. This smoky-hearted tale of a heel on the rise shows the dark side of the moon-June-spoon plots at the center of most early musicals. The cast includes Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards (later the voice of Jiminy Cricket), whose wide-eyed mug serves as counterpoint to the film's worldly attitude. The songs include the Arthur Freed-Nacio Herb Brown evergreen Should I? More highlights: two production numbers filmed in color and some nifty overhead dance shots created a year before Busby Berkeley wowed moviegoers with the same technique in Whoopee.