Mr. Broadway (film)

Mr. Broadway is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film written by Abel Green and Ed Sullivan. The film was directed by Johnnie Walker (1894–1949) who was also a silent film actor and producer, and stars Sullivan along with a cast of celebrity walk-ons. It was shot in New York City.

Plot
The plot involves a newspaper reporter (Ed Sullivan, aka "Mr. Broadway") gathering material for his column. The plot was patterned on a similar film by columnist Walter Winchell, Broadway Through a Keyhole (1933). The Sullivan film primarily serves as a vehicle for him to escort viewers to various trendy New York nightclubs to watch celebrities.

Cast

 * Ed Sullivan as himself
 * Jack Benny as himself
 * Jack Dempsey as himself
 * Eddy Duchin as himself
 * Ruth Etting as herself
 * Lita Grey as herself
 * Jack Haley as himself
 * Isham Jones as himself
 * Bert Lahr as himself
 * Mary Livingstone as herself
 * Ernst Lubitsch as himself
 * Lupe Vélez as herself
 * Dita Parlo as The Girl
 * William Desmond as Suitor
 * Tom Moore as Other Suitor

The section of the film with Parlo, Desmond, and Moore is taken from an uncompleted film by Edgar G. Ulmer, titled Love's Interlude or The Warning Shadow, and begun in 1932 at Peerless Productions.