Broadway Rhythm
Broadway Rhythm (1944) is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Technicolor musical film. It was produced by Jack Cummings and directed by Roy Del Ruth.
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| Directed by | Roy Del Ruth |
| Written by | Dorothy Kingsley Harry Clork |
| Story by | Jack McGowan |
| Based on | Very Warm for May 1939 musical by Jerome Kern Oscar Hammerstein, 2nd. |
| Produced by | Jack Cummings |
| Starring | George Murphy Ginny Simms |
| Cinematography | Leonard Smith, A.S.C. |
| Edited by | Albert Akst |
| Music by | Johnny Green |
Production company | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The film was originally announced as Broadway Melody of 1944 to follow MGM's Broadway Melody films of 1929, 1936, 1938, and 1940. It was originally slated to star Eleanor Powell and Gene Kelly, but Louis B. Mayer and MGM loaned Kelly out to Columbia to play opposite Rita Hayworth in Cover Girl (1944). The film instead starred George Murphy, who had appeared in Broadway Melody of 1938 and Broadway Melody of 1940. Mayer then replaced Powell with Ginny Simms.
Other cast members included Charles Winninger, Gloria DeHaven, Lena Horne, Nancy Walker, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, the Ross Sisters, and Ben Blue, as well as Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra.