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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1342

Broadway Babies

192986 minUnited States

Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: English
This copy runs: 86:04
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · Mervyn LeRoy · Public domain

Synopsis

Chorus girl Dee Foster expects to marry her stage manager, but a misunderstanding makes her receptive to a bootlegger's attentions. Their involvement brings the violence of rival gangs into her plans for romance and a stage career.

Cast

Alice White

DirectorsMervyn LeRoy

Historical context

The film was Alice White's first feature with spoken dialogue. Its backstage setting belongs to the wave of early sound musicals that combined performers' private lives with entertainment onstage.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 16, 2026.

Photograph credit

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Alice White — Unknown author Unknown author; Gabriel Dorneles Private Collection · CC BY-SA 4.0

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