The Winner: The Broadway Melody
The Other Nominees: Alibi, The Hollywood
Revue of 1929, In Old Arizona, and The Patriot
My Choice: The Patriot! Just kidding. It’s a
lost film, so we have no idea how to judge its quality these days. To be
honest, this is a very tough choice because this may be one of the weakest
groups of nominees in the history of the Academy Awards. Each of them has
flaws, some larger than others, but none of them are particularly ideal. The
Broadway Melody has more of a storyline than The Hollywood Revue
of 1929, but the fluency with the camera isn’t there yet. Alibi
and In Old Arizona keep inserting singing and dancing into the
plot just to make use of the newfangled sound equipment filmmakers were dealing
with then, but that makes for some very distracting moments. I guess I’ll stick
with the Academy’s choice for this year, The Broadway Melody. At least, the
production numbers are fun and interesting to watch.
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