Broadway Melody of 1936 - Cast

Cast

  • Jack Benny as Bert Keeler
  • Eleanor Powell as Irene Foster
  • Robert Taylor as Robert Gordon
  • Una Merkel as Kitty Corbett
  • Sid Silvers as Snoop Blue
  • Buddy Ebsen as Ted Burke
  • June Knight as Lillian Brent
  • Vilma Ebsen as Sally Burke
  • Nick Long Jr. as Basil Newcombe
  • Robert Wildhack as Hornblow
  • Paul Harvey as Scully
  • Frances Langford as herself
  • Harry Stockwell as himself

Cast notes

  • This was Powell's first leading role, and her first film for MGM. She would appear in the next two entries in the Broadway Melody series: Broadway Melody of 1938 and Broadway Melody of 1940. (These films were not related to each other in terms of storyline.) This also marked Ebsen's film debut. Though she was dubbed in this film by Marjorie Lane, Eleanor recorded "You Are My Lucky Star" with Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (Victor 25158).

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