Broadway Melody of 1940, draft screenplay and dialogue cutting continuity
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Title
Broadway Melody of 1940, draft screenplay and dialogue cutting continuity
Subject
Film musicals
Dance
Comedy
Screenwriting
Hollywood
Musical theatre and jazz
Dance
Comedy
Screenwriting
Hollywood
Musical theatre and jazz
Description
Shown here are documents from the beginning and end of production of the MGM musical Broadway Melody of 1940: a draft screenplay with revisions throughout, dated May 18, 1939, and film editor Blanche Sewell’s copy of the dialogue cutting continuity script dated February 3, 1940, only a week before the film’s February 9 release.
Geolocation: The former MGM studios in Culver City, California where Broadway Melody of 1940 was filmed.
Creator
Leon Gordon, 1894-1960
George Oppenheimer, 1900-1977
Source
Broadway melody of 1940: draft screenplay by Leon Gordon & George Oppenheimer, from the original story by Jack McGowan & Dore Schary (Culver City: Loew's Inc., 1939).
Merritt Room PN1997.B752 1939
Broadway melody of 1940: Dialogue cutting continuity (Culver City: Loew's Inc., 1940).
Merritt Room PN1997.B752 1940
Publisher
Loew's Inc. (Culver City)
Date
Film released in 1940; acquired in 2005 (continuity) and 2009 (screenplay)
Contributor
Blanche Sewell (film editor)
Metro Goldwyn-Mayer (producer)
Jack Cummings (producer)
Jack McGowan and Dore Schary (original story)
Relation
Format
Draft screenplay and dialogue cutting continuity
Language
English
Files
Collection
Citation
Leon Gordon, 1894-1960 and George Oppenheimer, 1900-1977, “Broadway Melody of 1940, draft screenplay and dialogue cutting continuity,” Treasures of the Loeb Music Library, accessed August 8, 2026, https://treasures.harvardmusiclib.share.library.harvard.edu/items/show/13.