Broadway Gondolier (1935)
A tuneful taxi driver secretly works to achieve his dream of becoming a radio singer in this musical comedy. One day he gives a radio station secretary a lift. She prattles on about a sponsor's new contest. The sponsor, a prominent cheese company, is looking for a singing gondolier to participate in their newest campaign. Later the secretary and the head cheese go to Venice to look for the real McCoy, unaware that the determined cabbie is already there waiting for them. Sure enough, they are fooled and he is hired. Things go really well until he feels compelled to tell the truth during a major broadcast. Songs include: "Lulu's Back in Town", "The Rose in Her Hair", "Lonely Gondolier", and ""You Can Be Kissed"". ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, (more)
- Director(s):
- Lloyd Bacon
Synopsis of Broadway Gondolier
A tuneful taxi driver secretly works to achieve his dream of becoming a radio singer in this musical comedy. One day he gives a radio station secretary a lift. She prattles on about a sponsor's new contest. The sponsor, a prominent cheese company, is looking for a singing gondolier to participate in their newest campaign. Later the secretary and the head cheese go to Venice to look for the real McCoy, unaware that the determined cabbie is already there waiting for them. Sure enough, they are fooled and he is hired. Things go really well until he feels compelled to tell the truth during a major broadcast. Songs include: "Lulu's Back in Town", "The Rose in Her Hair", "Lonely Gondolier", and ""You Can Be Kissed"". ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Complete Cast of Broadway Gondolier
- Dick Powell - Richard Purcell
- Adolphe Menjou - Prof. De Vinci
- William Gargan - Cliff
- George Barbier - Hayward
- Bob Murphy - Irish Cop
- Joe Sawyer - Red
- Mary Treen - Woman
- Jack Norton
- Canova Family - Specialty
- George Chandler - Photographer
- Selmar Jackson - Director
- Joan Blondell - Alice Hughes
- Louise Fazenda - Mrs. Twitchell
- Grant Mitchell - Richards
- Sam Ash - Singer
- Ted FioRito and His Orchestra - Specialty
- Ernest Wood - Clerk
- June Travis - Check Girl
- James Burke - Uncle Andy
- Hobart Cavanaugh - Gilmore
- William "Wild Bill" Elliott - Reporter
- The Mills Brothers - Specialty
- Director(s):
- Lloyd Bacon
- Writer(s):
- Jerry Wald, Sig Herzig, Julius J. Epstein
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