This is the second Best Picture winner at the Oscars and it shows. It's a
little rough around the edges. This is an early "talkie" and an early
musical, and you can sense the filmmakers haven't really mastered what they
were doing yet. I'm curious to see how much changes just a couple years later
when Grand Hotel wins Best Picture. This was a little more scandalous
than I expected. That makes sense though. The Hays Code hadn't taken full
effect yet, so studios were still pushing those boundaries. Ultimately, what's
more interesting about this movie is that if you asked me to describe what
movie was ruling the box office as the great stock market crash happened, I
would've described something identical to The Broadway Melody. This
matches my claim that the Oscars are less about finding the best movie of the
year and more about finding the movie that best reflects what's important to
the industry at the time. It's harder to fit that on a billboard, but it's more
accurate.
Verdict: Weakly Don't Recommend
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