

Broadway Scandals
1929-11-10 · 73 min · ★ 6.5
Ted Howard, a vaudevillian left, stranded in a tank town. A local girl, Mary (Sally O'Neil), proposes to finance a new act with her savings and the team succeeds in a minor way until Ted is discovered by Broadway femme fatale Valeska (Carmel Myers). Not wishing to stand in her partner's way, Mary nobly resigns from the act and instead accepts a minor role in the show. She proves a sensation on opening night, however, and a jealous Valeska demands her ousted. But Ted, who is in love with Mary, reorganizes their old act and they begin a new life together as man and wife.
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- George Archainbaud
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- Columbia Pictures
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- United States of America
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Sally O'NeilMary
Jack EganTed Howard
Carmel MyersValeska
Doris DawsonBobby
Tom O'BrienBill Gray
J. Barney SherryLe Maire
John HyamsPringle
Charles Cahill WilsonJack
Bill ElliottGeorge Halloway
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