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The Royal Family of Broadway
The Royal Family of Broadway
	Lobby card
Directed by	George Cukor; Cyril Gardner
Written by	Herman Mankiewicz; Gertrude Purcell
Based on	The Royal Family; by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman
Cinematography	George J. Folsey
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	December 22, 1930 (U.S.);
Running time	82 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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The Royal Family of Broadway is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by George Cukor and Cyril Gardner and released by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay was adapted by Herman J. Mankiewicz and Gertrude Purcell from the 1927 play The Royal Family by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman. It stars Ina Claire, Fredric March, Mary Brian, Henrietta Crosman, Arnold Korff, and Frank Conroy. It was shot at the Astoria Studios in New York.

The film tells the story of a girl from a family of great Broadway actors who contemplates leaving show business and getting married. The characters are loosely based on the first American theatrical family, the Barrymores. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor (Fredric March).^[1]

A 35mm nitrate print of The Royal Family of Broadway was preserved at the UCLA Film and Television Archive in 1985. The film has not been released on DVD or Blu-Ray. Copyright is held by Universal / MCA.

Cast

Ina Claire as Julie Cavendish
Fredric March as Tony Cavendish
Mary Brian as Gwen Cavendish
Henrietta Crosman as Fanny Cavendish
Charles Starrett as Perry
Arnold Korff as Oscar Wolfe
Frank Conroy as Gilmore Marshall
Royal C. Stout as Joe
Elsie Esmond as Della
Murray Alper as McDermott
Herschel Mayall as Doctor
Lucile Watson as Actress Backstage (uncredited)

References

^ "The 4th Academy Awards (1931) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Archived from the original on October 10, 2014. Retrieved May 21, 2019.

External links

The Royal Family of Broadway at IMDb
Synopsis at AllMovie

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+| writer         = [[Herman Mankiewicz]]<br/>[[Gertrude Purcell]]
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-| cinematography = [[George Folsey]]
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-| released       = December 22, 1930 (U.S.)
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-'''''The Royal Family of Broadway''''' is a 1930 [[Pre-Code Hollywood|pre-Code]] [[comedy film]], directed by [[George Cukor]] and [[Cyril Gardner]], and released by [[Paramount Pictures]]. The [[screenplay]] was adapted by [[Herman J. Mankiewicz]] and [[Gertrude Purcell]] from the play ''[[The Royal Family (play)|The Royal Family]]'' by [[Edna Ferber]] and [[George S. Kaufman]].
+'''''The Royal Family of Broadway''''' is a 1930 American [[Pre-Code Hollywood|pre-Code]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[George Cukor]] and [[Cyril Gardner]] and released by [[Paramount Pictures]]. The [[screenplay]] was adapted by [[Herman J. Mankiewicz]] and Gertrude Purcell from the 1927 play ''[[The Royal Family (play)|The Royal Family]]'' by [[Edna Ferber]] and [[George S. Kaufman]]. It stars [[Ina Claire]], [[Fredric March]], [[Mary Brian]], [[Henrietta Crosman]], [[Arnold Korff]], and [[Frank Conroy (actor)|Frank Conroy]]. It was shot at the [[Astoria Studios]] in [[New York City|New York]].
+The film tells the story of a girl from a family of great [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] actors who contemplates leaving show business and getting married. The characters are loosely based on the first [[United States|American]] theatrical family, the [[Barrymore family|Barrymores]]. It was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] (Fredric March).<ref name="Oscars1931">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1932 |title=The 4th Academy Awards (1931) Nominees and Winners |access-date=May 21, 2019 |publisher=Oscars.org ([[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141010191946/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1932 |archive-date=October 10, 2014 }}</ref>
-It stars [[Ina Claire]], [[Fredric March]], [[Mary Brian]], [[Henrietta Crosman]], [[Arnold Korff]] and [[Frank Conroy (actor)|Frank Conroy]].
+A 35mm nitrate print of ''The Royal Family of Broadway'' was preserved at the [[UCLA Film and Television Archive]] in 1985. The film has not been released on DVD or Blu-Ray. Copyright is held by Universal / MCA.
-The film tells the story of a girl from a family of great [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] actors who contemplates leaving show business and getting married. The characters are loosely based on the first [[United States|American]] theatrical family, the [[Barrymore family|Barrymores]]. It was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] (Fredric March).
-==Trivia==
-* The original Kaufman-Ferber play ''The Royal Family'', which opened on Broadway in 1927, angered [[Ethel Barrymore]] to the point of Barrymore threatening to sue Kaufman and Ferber.
-* [[Fredric March]] had first played the role of Tony Cavendish in the [[Los Angeles]] stage production.
-* The play premiered in London in 1934 with the title '''''Theatre Royal''''' so that audiences wouldn't think that it was about the actual [[Royal Family]]. [[Laurence Olivier]] played Tony Cavendish, and broke his ankle during a performance when he vaulted over a banister rail.<ref>"Olivier" by Robert Tanitch, Abbeville Press</ref>
-* On September 15, 1954, a 60-minute adaptation of the play aired on the [[CBS Television]] series ''[[The Best of Broadway]]''.
-* The play was presented on TV in 1977 under its original title, ''The Royal Family'', with [[Rosemary Harris]] and [[Eva Le Gallienne]], with Le Gallienne winning an [[Emmy]] for her performance. This version also played on Broadway in 1975, and is now on [[DVD]].
 ==Cast==
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 *[[Arnold Korff]] as Oscar Wolfe
 *[[Frank Conroy (actor)|Frank Conroy]] as Gilmore Marshall
-*[[Royal C. Stout]] as Joe
+*Royal C. Stout as Joe
-*[[Elsie Esmond]] as Della
+*Elsie Esmond as Della
 *[[Murray Alper]] as McDermott
 *[[Herschel Mayall]] as Doctor
+*[[Lucile Watson]] as Actress Backstage (uncredited)
 ==References==
-{{Reflist}}
+{{reflist}}
 ==External links==
-* {{imdb title|id=0021322|title=The Royal Family of Broadway}}
+* {{IMDb title|id=0021322|title=The Royal Family of Broadway}}
-* {{Amg movie|108464|The Royal Family of Broadway}}
+*{{allmovie|108464|Synopsis}}
 {{George Cukor}}
 {{Edna Ferber}}
+{{George Kaufman}}
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+[[Category:Films with screenplays by Herman J. Mankiewicz]]
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v t e George S. Kaufman
Plays and musicals	Some One in the House (1918) Dulcy (1921) To the Ladies (1922) The '49ers (1922) Merton of the Movies (1922) Helen of Troy, New York (1923) The Deep Tangled Wildwood (1923) Beggar on Horseback (1924) Be Yourself (1924) Minick (1924) The Butter and Egg Man (1925) The Cocoanuts (1925) The Good Fellow (1926) The Royal Family (1927) Animal Crackers (1928) June Moon (1929) The Channel Road (1929) Once in a Lifetime (1930) The Band Wagon (1931) Of Thee I Sing (1931) Dinner at Eight (1932) Let 'Em Eat Cake (1933) The Dark Tower (1933) Merrily We Roll Along (1934) First Lady (1935) Stage Door (1936) You Can't Take It with You (1936) I'd Rather Be Right (1937) The Fabulous Invalid (1938) The American Way (1939) The Man Who Came to Dinner (1939) George Washington Slept Here (1940) The Land Is Bright (1941) The Late George Apley (1944) Seven Lively Arts (1944) Hollywood Pinafore (1945) Bravo! (1948) The Small Hours (1951) Fancy Meeting You Again (1952) The Solid Gold Cadillac (1953) Silk Stockings (1955)
Musicals based on his plays	Sherry! (1967) Merrily We Roll Along (1981)
Films	Someone Must Pay (1919) Someone in the House (1920) Dulcy (1923) To the Ladies (1923) Merton of the Movies (1924) Welcome Home (1925) Beggar on Horseback (1925) The Butter and Egg Man (1928) The Cocoanuts (1929) Not So Dumb (1930) Animal Crackers (1930) The Royal Family of Broadway (1930) June Moon (1931) The Expert (1932) The Tenderfoot (1932) Make Me a Star (1932) Once in a Lifetime (1932) Dinner at Eight (1933) Roman Scandals (1933) The Man with Two Faces (1934) You Can't Take It with You (1938) The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
Films as a director	The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947)