The Broadway Melody

This movie starts with this guy Eddie Kerns announcing that he had written 'a hot new song', which was named, what else, The Broadway Melody. At about the same time two sisters named Hank and Queenie Mahoney came over to New York City. Eddie was engaged to marry Hank and promised both sisters to get them in one of this big guy at Broadway Francis Zanfield's shows.

Soon, Hank found out that getting into a show at Broadway was not as easy as she had hoped (back home, she and her sister were very popular. Anyway, Eddie started to fall in love with Hank's sister, Queenie. But Queenie refused to hurt her sister, who had taken care of her in her entire life. Soon, Queenie was courted by a rich man who was a member of New York high society, named Jock Warriner. Queenie was quite enchanted by his extravagant gifts, thus worrying Hank and Eddie, who knew Jock saw Queenie as just a plaything. This turmoil was the main focus of the movie... that and the performances at Broadway.

But near the end, everything fell into place. Queenie realized that she felt nothing for Jock, Hank realized that Eddie was in love with Queenie, and Eddie realized that he must act in order to win Queenie. And so, the movie ended with Eddie and Queenie as a married couple, and Hank still performing(on a tour organized by her uncle).

Characteristics

God, were these people competitive! Competition among women were especially noticeable. Seriously, this fierce competition among these women led to cat fights, hair-pulling, and verbal insults. They all wanted to same parts in shows and viewed each other as threats.

People in this period seem to have a nice, easy, and fun lives. They were all really into doing what they loved to do. These lyrics of The Broadway Melody said a lot: "There may be streets that have their sorrow/A smile today a tear tomorrow/Buts there's a street that lives in glory" Yeah, that's right, so don't worry, be happy, and don't bring a frown to these times.

Ambition was also very very prominent. All the people I saw in the movie were giving their all to strike it big. They were really enthusiastic. They would fight on for what they aimed to achieve and never surrender.

Women wore more revealing outfits. In one scene, women performers were wearing outfits that exposed their navel. And Hank once had on a dress that showed off her entire back. Obviously, it was not such a conservative world.

Finally, all the women in this movie had really short hair, I did notice that.