Broadway Scandals

Genres

MusicComedyDrama

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Ted Howard, a vaudevillian left, stranded in a tank town. A local girl, Mary (Sally O'Neil), proposes to finance a new act with her savings and the team succeeds in a minor way until Ted is discovered by Broadway femme fatale Valeska (Carmel Myers). Not wishing to stand in her partner's way, Mary nobly resigns from the act and instead accepts a minor role in the show. She proves a sensation on opening night, however, and a jealous Valeska demands her ousted. But Ted, who is in love with Mary, reorganizes their old act and they begin a new life together as man and wife.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

73 mins

Rating

6/10

Release Date

10 November 1929

Country

Cast

Sally O'Neil

Mary

Jack Egan

Ted Howard

Carmel Myers

Valeska

Tom O'Brien

Bill Gray

J. Barney Sherry

Le Maire

John Hyams

Pringle

Charles C. Wilson

Jack

Doris Dawson

Bobby

Charles Lane

Manager

Bill Elliott

George Halloway

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