Marjorie Lane
Marjorie Lane( February 21, 1912 – October 2, 2012) was an American singer of the 1930s who is best known for providing the singing voice of actress Eleanor Powell's characters in the movies" Born to Dance"( 1936)," Broadway Melody of 1936"," Rosalie"( 1937), and" Broadway Melody of 1938".
Lane was married to actor Brian Donlevy from 1936 to 1947, and they had one child.
Her career in film did not extend beyond the 1930s.
She was often confused with a Broadway performer of the same name, who began appearing on Broadway in 1913.
Lane lived in Santa Monica, California, where she died on October 2, 2012 at the age of 100.
Broadway Melody of 1938
Broadway Melody of 1938 is a 1937 American musical film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by Roy Del Ruth.
The film is essentially a backstage musical revue, featuring high-budget sets and cinematography in the MGM musical tradition.
The film stars Eleanor Powell and Robert Taylor and features Buddy Ebsen, George Murphy, Judy Garland, Sophie Tucker, Raymond Walburn, Robert Benchley and Binnie Barnes.
The film is most notable for young Garland's performance of "You Made Me Love You
(I Didn't Want to Do It)", a tribute to Clark Gable which turned the teenage singer, who had been toiling in obscurity for a couple of years, into an overnight sensation, leading eventually to her being cast in "The Wizard of Oz" (1939) as Dorothy.
Our Gang Follies of 1938
Our Gang Follies of 1938( later reissued as simply" Follies of 1938") is a 1937 American musical short subject, the 161st short subject entry in Hal Roach's" Our GangLittle Rascals") series.
Directed by Gordon Douglas as a sequel to 1935's" Our Gang Follies of 1936", the two- reel short was released to theaters on December 18, 1937 by Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer.
Deriving its title from the concurrent MGM feature film" The Broadway Melody of 1938 Our Gang Follies of 1938" is a spoof of the" Broadway Melody" films and other movie musicals of the time.
In the film, Alfalfa( Carl Switzer) decides to quit a pop music revue put on by Spanky( George McFarland) and become an opera singer, famously singing a pastiche song entitled" The Barber of Seville" several times throughout the film.
The bulk of the film is made up of a dream sequence, in which Alfalfa imagines himself twenty years later failing as an opera singer, while Spanky owns a Broadway nightclub with a lavish floor show.
Roy Del Ruth
Roy Del Ruth (October 18, 1893, Delaware – April 27, 1961) was an American film director.
Broadway Rhythm
Broadway Rhythm( 1944) is a Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer Technicolor musical film.
It was produced by Jack Cummings and directed by Roy Del Ruth.
The film was originally announced as" Broadway Melody of 1944" to follow MGM's" Broadway Melody" films of 1929, 1936, 1938, and 1940.
It was originally slated to star Eleanor Powell and Gene Kelly, but Louis B. Mayer and MGM loaned Kelly out to Columbia to play opposite Rita Hayworth in" Cover Girl"( 1944).
The film instead starred George Murphy, who had appeared in" Broadway Melody of 1938" and" Broadway Melody of 1940."
Mayer then replaced Powell with Ginny Simms.
Other cast members included Charles Winninger, Gloria DeHaven, Lena Horne, Nancy Walker, Eddie" Rochester" Anderson, the Ross Sisters, and Ben Blue, as well as Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra.
Broadway Melody of 1940
Broadway Melody of 1940 is a 1940 MGM film musical starring Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell and George Murphy.
It was directed by Norman Taurog and features music by Cole Porter, including" Begin the Beguine".
The film was the fourth and final entry in MGM's" Broadway Melody" series of films, and is notable for being the only on- screen pairing of Astaire and Powell, who were considered the finest film musical dancers of their time.
Stephen Marro
Stephen Marro is a film director, writer, producer based in New York.
He is best known for being the producer and director of the 2012 feature film, Broadway's Finest.
White: Melody of Death
White: Melody of Death( lit.
White: The Melody of the Curse) is a 2011 South Korean horror film by Kim Gok and Kim Sun.
Emerson Treacy
Emerson Treacy (September 17, 1900 – January 10, 1967) was a film, Broadway, and radio actor.
The Broadway Melody
The Broadway
Melody, also known as The Broadway Melody of 1929, is a 1929 American pre-Code musical film and the first sound film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture.
It was one of the first musicals to feature a Technicolor sequence, which sparked the trend of color being used in a flurry of musicals that would hit the screens in 1929 – 1930.
Today the Technicolor sequence is lost; only a black and white copy survives in available versions.
The film was the first musical released by Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer and was Hollywood's first all- talking musical.
" The Broadway Melody" was written by Norman Houston and James Gleason from a story by Edmund Goulding, and directed by Harry Beaumont.
Original music was written by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown, including the popular hit" You Were Meant for Me".
The George M. Cohan classic" Give My Regards to Broadway" is used under the opening establishing shots of New York City, its film debut.
Bessie Love was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance.

Question: What is the place of birth of the director of film Broadway Melody Of 1938?
Answer: Delaware