Meet Me on Broadway

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Meet Me on Broadway
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Leigh Jason
Screenplay by George Bricker
Jack Henley
Story byGeorge Bricker
Produced byBurt Kelly
Starring Marjorie Reynolds
Frederick Brady
Jinx Falkenburg
Spring Byington
Allen Jenkins
Gene Lockhart
Loren Tindall
Cinematography Burnett Guffey
Edited by James Sweeney
Music by Morris Stoloff
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • January 26, 1946 (1946-01-26)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Meet Me on Broadway is a 1946 American comedy film directed by Leigh Jason and written by George Bricker and Jack Henley. The film stars Marjorie Reynolds, Frederick Brady, Jinx Falkenburg, Spring Byington, Allen Jenkins, Gene Lockhart and Loren Tindall. The film was released on January 26, 1946, by Columbia Pictures. [1] [2] [3]

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Synopsis

A Broadway director clashes one too many times with his producer and quits the show and takes his girlfriend the leading lady with him. He believes he can set up more successfully on his own, but soon finds himself in deep financial trouble. He manages to get a booking at a country club but only gets his reluctant girlfriend to perform their by convincing her he has been made manager of it.

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