Goodbye Broadway

"THEY WERE FULL OF FLASH - BUT NEVER FLUSH!"

1938 1h 5m EN

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10.0

MASTERPIECE

★10.0TMDB · 1

Comedy

Synopsis

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Pat and Molly Malloy, once famed vaudeville and Broadway performers, arrive to play the small town of Hamilton, Conn. with a troupe of dancers, singers, a trained dog and an educated seal. Harry Clark, the clerk at the rundown Swanzey Hotel, insults Pat and the latter uses the $4000, that he and Molly have been saving for years to buy a retirement farm, to buy the hotel so he can fire Harry. Local skinflint, J.A. Higgins wants the hotel as he knows the state has intentions to buy it for a museum, but Pat won't sell.

“THEY WERE FULL OF FLASH - BUT NEVER FLUSH!”

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Cast

Alice Brady
Molly Malloy
Charles Winninger
Pat Malloy
Tom Brown
Chuck Bradford
Dorothea Kent
Jeanne Carlyle
Frank Jenks
Harry Clark
Jed Prouty
J.A. Higgins
Willie Best
Jughead
Donald Meek
Iradius P. Oglethorpe

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Ray McCarey
Writers: Roy Chanslor, A. Dorian Otvos
Languages: English

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RUNTIME

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Tight 65-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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88 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Ray McCarey, shot by George Robinson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

CAST

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Alice Brady and Charles Winninger and Tom Brown carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "THEY WERE FULL OF FLASH - BUT NEVER FLUSH!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0030197 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Ray McCarey directs. George Robinson behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 65-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
288 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Ray McCarey, shot by George Robinson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Alice Brady and Charles Winninger and Tom Brown carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "THEY WERE FULL OF FLASH - BUT NEVER FLUSH!".
7IMDB entry: tt0030197 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.