Bloodhounds of Broadway

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Audience Member BLOODHOUNDS OF BROADWAY is a delightful romp through New York on New Years' Eve, 1928, featuring and assortment of gangsters, showgirls, grifters, society dames, and gamblers. Based on the stories of Damon Runyon (who also inspired GUYS & DOLLS), it is performed entirely in the wacky, somewhat stilted dialogue that Runyon is known for, but it lends the shady characters a significant amount of sweetness. Julie Hagerty, Madonna, and Dinah Manoff are especially hilarious. In the end, love conquers all, the good guys make out, and the bad guys are punished, but knowing what the characters do not about what 1929 has in store is bittersweet. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member A genuine tribute to the Hollywood it was, with an ensemble cast worthy of attention. Not as bad as they say, it unfairly went unnoticed. The singing duet between Madonna and Jennifer Gray is to be included in an ideal cinematographic encyclopedia of musical numbers. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member ***Due to the recent RT changes that have basically ruined my past reviews, I am mostly only giving a rating rather than a full review.*** Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Saw this years ago and loved it, Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member This film is "narrated" as a New York City reporter's memories of New Year's Eve 1928, called "The last big blowout of the Jazz Age," on Broadway. There are murders, crap games, and other assorted mayhem. It begins at Mindy's "infamous" restaurant. That's where, as you may (or may not) recall, Frank Sinatra and Marlon Brando contemplated the sales of cheesecake and strudel. Like Mr. Sinatra, these folks say "beautiful" in all four syllables. They get the lingo, but it never really seems like genuine Damon Runyon. And, the film has good trappings, but fails to catch anything resembling a good story. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Not bad, but not that great either. The Cotton Club is a much better period piece during the same era. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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