Broadway Through a Keyhole

Broadway Through a Keyhole
Directed by Lowell Sherman
Produced by William Goetz
Raymond Griffith
Written by C. Graham Baker
Gene Towne (screenplay)
Walter Winchell (original story)
Music by Alfred Newman
Production
company
Distributed by United Artists
Release dates
  • November 2, 1933 (1933-11-02)
Running time
90 min.
Country United States
Language English

Broadway Through a Keyhole, also billed as Broadway Thru a Keyhole, is a 1933 American pre-Code musical film produced by Twentieth Century Pictures and released by United Artists.

The film is perhaps most notable for the New York City speakeasy proprietress Texas Guinan appearing as a fictionalized version of herself. It also features early appearances by Lucille Ball, Ann Sothern, and Susan Fleming. The film is based on an original story by Broadway columnist Walter Winchell.

Plot

Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan's famous Broadway night spot. He uses his influence to help her get a starring role in the show, hoping that it will also get Joan to fall in love with him. After scoring a hit, Joan accepts Frank's marriage proposal, more out of gratitude than love. The situation gets even stickier when she falls for a handsome band leader during a trip to Florida. Can she tell Frank she's in love with someone else?

Cast

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