"You ain't heard nothin' yet!" With Al Jolson's prophetic words, films have entered the talkie era, including The Broadway Melody (1929).  Revolutionary for its time, this picture presents multiple technical breakthroughs from full-scale musical numbers to a technicolor sequence now lost to history.  Does the Broadway Melody still ring true after all this time?  Find out on this episode of Cinema Cemetary.




Film Ranking So Far: This list will be updated in each episode.  Rankings will change as new episodes are compared to past entries.  As for the filming of this episode, there were 91 Best Picture Winners.

70- Wings