The Royal Family of Broadway (1930)
Note: this print runs 78 minutes against a recorded 82 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
With Ina Claire, Fredric March, Mary Brian, Charles Starrett, Frank Conroy, Arnold Korff, Henrietta Crosman, Lucile Watson
Directed by George Cukor, Cyril Gardner
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. As a film published in 1930, it entered the public domain on January 1, 2026.
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