Broadway Bad

Feb 24, 1933

1h 1m

★ 5.0

She wanted BROADWAY to call her BAD. She only feared they'd call her bluff!

Overview

Showgirl Tony Landers, supported by her friend Flip Daly, fights for the custody of her son during a divorce hearing.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Fox Film Corporation

Broadway Bad Trailers

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Cast

Tony Landers

Joan Blondell

Craig Cutting

Ricardo Cortez

Flip Daly

Ginger Rogers

Aileen

Adrienne Ames

Bob North

Allen Vincent

Charley Davis

Francis McDonald

Robert North Sr.

Frederick Burton

Big Fella

Ronnie Cosby

Darrall

Donald Crisp

Showgirl (uncredited)

Claudia Morgan

Miriam and Antoine have recently separated. While she’s willing to permit their 17-year-old daughter Josephine to decide living arrangements for herself, Miriam is desperate to keep her youngest, 11-year-old Julien, away from his father. But the magistrate rules in favour of joint custody, and suddenly the boy is thrown directly into the middle of an escalating parental conflict, where it seems inevitable that sides must be chosen.

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