The second Best Picture Academy Award Winner still reigns as the worst feature to score that award.
Discussions about what is the worst movie to ever win the Best Picture Oscar tend to go in very predictable directions, though not necessarily for the wrong reasons. Green Book and Crash are often the go-to answers to that question, while A Beautiful Mind, The English Patient, and The Greatest Show on Earth are also common choices.
The feature concerns sisters Queenie and Hank , both of whom are eager to make it on Broadway. Eventually, Queenie finds herself scoring glamour and fame, but Hank is struggling to pay the rent. To compound matters, both women are in love with songwriter Eddie Kearns . The pursuit of stardom is a quest that often leads to ruin and despair. The endless conflict between Queenie and Hank reflects that without question.
Much of the third act of The Broadway Melody is dedicated to a bevy of on-stage performances all realized through very humdrum visual means. These productions are captured in wide shots from a great distance away, with very little editing or visual intimacy incorporated into realizing these elaborate set pieces. Being one of the first sound musicals in history, it’s easy to imagine the thought process behind this approach.
The Even Bigger “Broadway Melody” Problems If poorly filmed musical numbers were the only real problem with The Broadway Melody, though, it wouldn’t be a total disaster. The glaring issue comes from the characters, none of whom are compelling or worth getting dramatically invested in. There’s nary a sympathetic soul to be found in The Broadway Melody, which becomes a fatal flaw once the script wants audiences to get invested in the central love triangle.
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