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{{short description|1933 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Broadway Through a Keyhole
| image          = Broadway Through a Keyhole poster.jpg
| caption        = Film poster
| director       = [[Lowell Sherman]]
| producer       = [[William Goetz]]<br>[[Raymond Griffith]]
| writer         = [[C. Graham Baker]]<br>[[Gene Towne]] (screenplay)
| story          = [[Walter Winchell]]
| music          = [[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]]
| studio         = [[Twentieth Century Pictures]]
| distributor    = [[United Artists]]
| released       = {{Film date|1933|11|02}}
| runtime        = 90 min.
| country        = United States
| language       = [[English language|English]]}}
'''''Broadway Through a Keyhole''''', also billed as '''''Broadway Thru a Keyhole''''', is a 1933 American [[Pre-Code Hollywood|pre-Code]] [[musical film]] produced by [[Twentieth Century Pictures]] and released by [[United Artists]].
New York City [[speakeasy]] proprietress [[Texas Guinan]] appears as a fictionalized version of herself in the film. It also features early appearances by [[Lucille Ball]], [[Ann Sothern]], and [[Susan Fleming]]. The film is based on an original story by Broadway columnist [[Walter Winchell]].
==Plot==
Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan's famous Broadway night spot. He uses his influence to help her get a starring role in the show, hoping that it will also get Joan to fall in love with him. After scoring a hit, Joan accepts Frank's marriage proposal, more out of gratitude than love. The situation gets even stickier when she falls for a handsome band leader during a trip to Florida. Can she tell Frank she's in love with someone else?
==Cast==
* [[Constance Cummings]] as Joan Whelan
* [[Russ Columbo]] as Clark Brian
* [[Paul Kelly (actor)|Paul Kelly]] as Frank Rocci
* [[Blossom Seeley]] as Sybil Smith
* [[Gregory Ratoff]] as Max Mefoofski
* [[Texas Guinan]] as Tex Kaley
* [[Abe Lyman]] as Orchestra Leader
* [[Hugh O'Connell]] as Chuck Haskins
* [[Hobart Cavanaugh]] as Peanuts Dinwiddie
* Frances Williams as Frances Williams
* [[Eddie Foy, Jr.]] as Joan's partner
* [[George Mann (vaudeville performer)|George Mann]] as George Mann - Columnist
* [[C. Henry Gordon]] as Tim Crowley
* [[William Burress]] as Thomas Barnum
* [[Helen Jerome Eddy]] as Esther
* [[Lucille Ball]] as Chorine (uncredited)
* [[Susan Fleming]] as Chorine (uncredited)
* [[Ann Sothern]] as Singer (uncredited)
==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0023847|title=Broadway Through a Keyhole}}
*{{allmovie|86066|Synopsis}}
*[http://pre-code.com/broadway-thru-a-keyhole-1933-review-with-constance-cummings-paul-kelly-and-russ-columbo/ Review] at pre-code.com
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[[Category:1933 films]]
[[Category:1933 musical films]]
[[Category:American musical films]]
[[Category:American black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Films about musical theatre]]
[[Category:Films directed by Lowell Sherman]]
[[Category:Films scored by Alfred Newman]]
[[Category:Films set in New York City]]
[[Category:Twentieth Century Pictures films]]
[[Category:United Artists films]]
[[Category:1930s English-language films]]
[[Category:1930s American films]]
[[Category:English-language musical films]]
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