In the number "Follow in My Footsteps" Sally Lee puts her guitar on the bunk, nobody takes it but it can't be seen after the cut.
During the number "I'm Feeling Like a Million," Sally's skirt is wet after splashing in the puddles, but in the next scene her skirt is dry again.
In the final number "Your Broadway and My Broadway" there's a neon sign on the right with the writing "Broadway Melody of 1937" - the working title of this movie.
While Alice Clayton is singing "Your Broadway, My Broadway" on stage, the neon signs in the background has the actress's name ('Sophie Tucker') on them.
Broadway Melody of 1940 is outstanding and one of the best musicals of its decade, while Broadway Melody of 1936 is very good as well. The Broadway Melody that won Best Picture was not a great film really but had some decent merits and is of good historical value.
The story of this film is mainly about a racehorse that's dependent on the fortunes of a Broadway Show, and the protagonists competing for the ownership of the horse and it's entry into the big race. A "bumpkins make good in the city" tale.
"Broadway melody 38" is the second fantastic "melody" film after "Broadway melody 36". One of the reasons " Melody 36" was so great was due to the wonderful Eleanor Powell.
Another entry in the venerable Broadway Melody series from 1937. As w/the other installments, this is the typical 'let's put on a big show' polemic where a big producer is about to do so & is using a wealthy couple as his backing.
With the advent of sound in motion pictures, MGM made musical productions one of its trademarks. Starting with "The Broadway Melody" of 1929, it produced a succession of films set in or around Broadway over the next decade.
In the 1930s, there were many, many musicals that followed pretty much the same pattern. In fact, Hollywood did little to disguise this and followed the same formula again and again.
Eleanor Powell dances in a tuxedo to "Broadway Rhythm," Judy Garland sings "You Made Me Love You" to a photograph of Clark Gable, and Sophie Tucker sings her signature song, "Some of These Days." Then Tucker joins Garland for "Everybody Sing," and we hear that "Happy Days Are Here Again.
This movie is definitely less than the sum of its parts, some of which are quite fine.Granted, 1930s movie musicals were often short on plot, but the story line here is particularly broken up.
I watched it because I want to watch all movies with Judy Garland and I just discovered Eleanor Powell. She's amazing!
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