“The star-studded cavalcade of the theatre!”
In this through-the-years saga about a show business family, the fame of husband and wife vaudeville headliners of the 1880s is eclipsed by their son.
Alice Brady
Lulu Hackett
Frank Morgan
Ted Hackett
Jackie Cooper
Ted Hackett Jr. as Child
Russell Hardie
Ted Hackett Jr.
Madge Evans
Anne Ainsley
Mickey Rooney
Ted Hackett III as Child
Eddie Quillan
Ted Hackett III
Jimmy Durante
Jimmy
May Robson
Veteran Actress
Fay Templeton
Production Number Singer - Edited from The March of Time (1930) (archive footage)
Broadway to Hollywood is a music, drama, romance film released in 1933 exploring themes of musical, pre-code, vaudeville. Directed by Jules White, it stars Alice Brady, Frank Morgan, Jackie Cooper. In this through-the-years saga about a show business family, the fame of husband and wife vaudeville headliners of the 1880s is eclipsed by their son.
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