Noutions Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

Dorathen Better Late Then Never

Stoutor It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

HotToastyRag With all the Broadway Melody of . . . films from the 1930s, it's a wonder anyone could keep them straight. Thankfully, this delightful must-see musical starring Doris Day and Gene Nelson, is totally unforgettable. If you love singing, dancing, and beautiful people in leading roles, you're going to want to add this one to your list today. Sometimes, musicals of the 1950s have one or two cute songs to tide you over for the full movie, but Lullaby of Broadway has so many wonderful numbers: "You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me", "I Love the Way You Say Goodnight", "Somebody Loves Me", "Just One of Those Things", and of course, the title song.The supporting cast is full of 1950s veterans, S.Z. Sakall, Billy De Wolfe, and Gladys George, but it's the song and dance numbers that make this a truly enjoyable viewing experience. Where else can you see Doris Day charming and gorgeous in a tuxedo or Gene Nelson paying homage to Fred Astaire and dancing with a dozen girls at once? Plus, isn't it a nice change to see Gene Nelson in the leading role? So often he was stuck in supporting roles, but in this one he, his superb dancing talents, and his gorgeous mug, get front and center stage. To whet your appetite, and to make sure you watch this one as soon as you can get your hands on it, watch the trailer. It's got great clips of the songs and dances, and it's impossible to resist.

gkeith_1 I called Doris a good dancer in Tea for Two, 1950, one year before this movie Lullaby of Broadway. Doris had a car accident in 1937, which strongly curtailed her dancing future. In this movie, again, her tap steps are somewhat slower than those of Gene Nelson, but I have never heard that Gene's legs had earlier been injured. Doris wasn't just a great singer; she could dance. She must have done a lot of work to even dance for these musical movies, which I must admit I probably like better than her later movies with Rock Hudson, et al. I even liked Doris in her Calamity Jane movie, in which she leaps, bounds and jumps all over the place. That is certainly athletic.I loved Doris' gold gown in this movie; the billowing skirt was the best, but the neck straps I did not care for. Her daytime costuming was demure and ladylike as befitted the day, with high blouse necklines along with strands of white pearls.Gene Nelson was an awesome dancer. His leaps onto the piano and over the head of the pianist were dazzling, but it's too bad he didn't learn from the Nicholas Brothers School of Leaps and Bounds. He was still a great dancer, however, and I just loved his dancing in his 1955 Oklahoma movie.SZ Sakall and Florence Bates are always great scene stealers. They weren't children or animals, against whom other actors traditionally hate to play, but they always are unforgettable. SZ and Florence are always great at playing 'thorns in the side'. I remember Florence as Madame Dilyovska in On the Town.De Wolfe is his usual ditsy insane self, a comic with perfect timing and verbal inflection. Anne Triola is great as his sidekick, but I detected a lot of second class citizenship where her character was concerned. She was always saying she was not as good as that all superior Lefty played by De Wolfe.You can tell that I studied Women's Studies at university. Movies today should not be putting women's characters down as second class and inferior to men.Lefty was such a loser, however, that he had to act as a starving butler to the local brewer. The brewer couldn't even afford to feed Lefty. Lefty should have spent his time going on auditions to try and get back into show business, or was Lefty ever really, truly in show business? Perhaps he used to sing in a crummy dive in the worst sections of the city? Putting on airs, eh, Mr. Lefty?????I love dance movies. This is not 42nd Street. This is not The Red Shoes. It is a classic to me, however. I like to see Doris Day dance with Gene Nelson. I like to see SZ Sakall over and over again in several different movies. I still like the Nicholas Brothers, whom due to period racism I feel were not put in as many dance movies as I would have liked.I am a theatrical historian and movie reviewer. I have a Bachelor of Arts Degree in American History, with close to a minor in fine arts and performing arts of theatre, dance and voice, plus theatrical censorship and critiquing studies.All in all, I rate this movie as Excellent: 10/10

Bobby Samadhi Light entertainment at its best, a great guilty pleasure for your pc.This film boasts surprisingly strong performances by a solid cast: let's say it, a cast humble enough to throw themselves into an odd sort of film: part melodrama, part musical, part fashion show for its star.Radiating joie-de-vivre, out-singing anyone of her time, serious one moment then tongue-in-cheek the next, Day is a star, an under-rated one these days.Gene Nelson's dancing is important to see if only to better understand Fred Astaire's. The Astaire difference was this: talent, yes, Nelson had it as well, but not the ability to bring us to the brink of something endless through his motions: to make you know he was on the edge of something vast and mysterious; to suggest a whole unseen world by dancing in this one. Bravo, Fred!

didi-5 Doris Day searches for her mother (Gladys George) who she imagines to be a great Broadway star. On arriving in New York she finds things don't always go to plan, but she finds her own talents become in demand. Romantic interest from hoofer Gene Nelson (and their duet number "Somebody Loves Me" has plenty of zip); and the usual Warners irritation factor from "Cuddles" Sakall, never really all that funny. Like other musicals from the studio during the 50s, "Lullaby" steals its score from older and better showcases of the 1930s; in this case, even apeing the final title number on its early sighting in "Gold Diggers of 1935". The other numbers include "Zing Went The Strings of My Heart", better associated with Judy Garland than Miss Day.