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Lullaby of Broadway

1951 · 92 min

A bright, tuneful backstage romance that glides on charm and song, with a gentle tug of sadness beneath the sparkle.

Tagline
Big and Gay as the Gay White Way!
Overview
Pretty Melinda Howard has been abroad singing with a musical troupe. She decides to return home to surprise her mother whom she thinks is a successful Broadway star with a mansion in Manhattan. She doesn't know that her mother is actually a burnt-out cabaret singer with a love for whiskey. When she arrives at the mansion, she is taken in by the two servants who are friends of her mother's. The house actually belongs to Adolph Hubbell, a kind-hearted Broadway producer who also gets drawn into the charade. Hubbell takes a shine to Melinda and agrees to star her in his next show. Melinda also finds romance with a handsome hoofer who's also in the show. All is going well for Melinda except that she wants to see her mother who keeps putting off their reunion.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • love
  • identity
  • deception
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism6
Romance7
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, music, romance
Directed by
David Butler
Written by
Earl Baldwin
Starring
Doris Day, Gene Nelson, S.Z. Sakall, Billy De Wolfe, Gladys George, Florence Bates, Anne Triola, Hanley Stafford
Cinematography
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Runtime
92 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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