Broadway Video Database - 1929

Complete listings of Broadway shows that have been filmed, taped or adapted, films that have made their way to the stage or vice-versa, concerts, documentaries, films with a theatrical focus and more! If it's theatre or star related and available on VHS, DVD, Blu-Ray, Netflix or Amazon ... we've got it!

The Phantom of the Opera This classic horror feature stars Lon Chaney in the title role as the tragic disfigured Erik, who haunts the corridors and cellars in the decaying depths of the Paris Opera House. He befriends and secretly coaches a beautiful aspiring understudy named Christine (Mary Philbin), who covets the lead role. Through an ever-building campaign of terror, the Phantom drives the lead Soprano to flee her role, allowing his protege to take her place. Convinced that she will now return his love in spite of h...
The Jazz Singer It's one of the most famous titles in film history, and everybody knows why: in a handful of sequences in The Jazz Singer, sound and image are excitingly synchronized. By 1927, some short subjects had already been "talkies," and a few features had synchronized music, but The Jazz Singer gets the prize as the breakthrough. Because the film is largely without dialogue, you can--even watching the film today--almost palpably sense the shift in movie epochs, as cinema takes an evolutionary leap from ...