The Royal Family of Broadway

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The Royal Family of Broadway
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Directed by George Cukor
Cyril Gardner
Written by Herman Mankiewicz
Gertrude Purcell
Based on The Royal Family
by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman
Cinematography George J. Folsey
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • December 22, 1930 (1930-12-22)(U.S.)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Royal Family of Broadway is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by George Cukor and Cyril Gardner and released by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay was adapted by Herman J. Mankiewicz and Gertrude Purcell from the 1927 play The Royal Family by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman. It stars Ina Claire, Fredric March, Mary Brian, Henrietta Crosman, Arnold Korff, and Frank Conroy. It was shot at the Astoria Studios in New York.

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Plot

The film tells the story of a girl from a family of great Broadway actors who contemplates leaving show business and getting married. The characters are a parody of the American Barrymore-Drew theatrical family. [1]

Cast

Recognition

It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor (Fredric March). [2]

Legacy

A 35mm nitrate print of The Royal Family of Broadway was preserved at the UCLA Film and Television Archive in 1985. The film has not been released on DVD or Blu-Ray. Copyright is held by Universal / MCA.

References

  1. ↑ Ken Bloom (2013). "Barrymore family" (PDF). Broadway: An Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. pp. 49–53. ISBN   9781135950200.
  2. ↑ "The 4th Academy Awards (1931) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Archived from the original on October 10, 2014. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
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