Oscar Night Trivial Pursuit #2
Oscar Night Trivial Pursuit #2
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#0Oscar Night Trivial Pursuit #2
Posted: 2/27/05 at 11:17pmWhat was the first musical film to take home the Academy Award for Best Picture?
Ellie3
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/04
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#2re: Oscar Night Trivial Pursuit #2
Posted: 2/27/05 at 11:26pm
Ellie, you are smokin' tonight! 
Yes, THE BROADWAY MELODY (1929), a backstage saga of two sisters from a small town who come to Broadway to "make good" was the first musical to win the Oscar for Best Picture (and incidentially, it was only the second time the Oscars had been awarded.)
DOUBLE Congrats, Ellie!
Now for your bonus points: how many sequels did the original THE BROADWAY MELODY spawn?
Ellie3
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/04
jmnpublications
Broadway Star Joined: 4/2/04
#4re: Oscar Night Trivial Pursuit #2
Posted: 2/27/05 at 11:28pm
Gee, I go downstairs for a minute to feed my cats and there's another contest up! It doesn't matter, I didn't know this one anyway. :)
LC
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#5re: Oscar Night Trivial Pursuit #2
Posted: 2/27/05 at 11:31pmHint #1: The Gabors, Mice, Scarlett O'Hara's husbands...
Ellie3
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/04
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#7re: Oscar Night Trivial Pursuit #2
Posted: 2/27/05 at 11:37pm
But of course the answer is three, Ellie!
There was:
THE BROADWAY MELODY OF 1936
THE BROADWAY MELODY OF 1938
THE BROADWAY MELODY OF 1940
(P.S. There was gonna be a FOURTH, THE BROADWAY MELODY OF 1944--but its title got changed to BROADWAY RHYTHM.--just so you know.)
And your SECOND prize, Ellie? Well, tomorrow, you're Broadway-Bound!!! Don't worry, you'll find plenty of fame and fortune--and oh yes, your share of heartbreak as well!!!
It can get mighty lonely at the top--ESPECIALLY in a 1929 movie musical! 
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