Goodbye Broadway

Goodbye Broadway is a 1938 American comedy film. The movie is based on the play The Shannons of Broadway written by actor (and ex-vaudevillian) James Gleason. A previous film had been made of the play entitled The Shannons of Broadway.

Goodbye Broadway
Directed by	Ray McCarey
Written by	James Gleason (original play)
Produced by	Edmund Grainger
Cinematography	George Robinson
Edited by	Maurice Wright
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	April 1, 1938 (1938-04-01)
Running time	65 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Molly and Pat Malloy, a married couple of famed vaudeville performers on the verge of retirement, arrive in a small Connecticut town to play a show, When they're insulted by the clerk of the shabby local hotel, the Malloys buy the hotel just for the satisfaction of firing him. But this aggravates the local realtor who's had his eye on the property. For revenge, the realtor places an ad in Variety that the Malloys are providing free room and board for any of their eccentric old vaudeville friends who might show up. Many do.

Cast

• Alice Brady as Molly Malloy
• Charles Winninger as Pat Malloy
• Tom Brown as Chuck Bradford
• Dorothea Kent as Jeanne Carlyle
• Frank Jenks as Harry Clark
• Jed Prouty as J.A. Higgins
• Willie Best as Jughead
• Donald Meek as Iradius P. Oglethorpe
• Henry Roquemore as Henry Swanzey
• Dell Henderson as Cromwell
• unbilled players include Fern Emmett and Edward Gargan

External links

• Goodbye Broadway at IMDb
• Turner Classic Movies page