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4 unusual facts about Lord Byron of Broadway


Lord Byron of Broadway

MGM used the "Woman in the Shoe" musical segment in two short films, Nertsery Rhymes (1933) and Roast Beef and Movies (1934).

For example, James Melton and Lewis James recorded vocal versions of "A Bundle of Love Letters" while Frank Munn recorded "Should I".

Mitja Nikisch

Recordings by the Mitja Nikisch Tanz Orchester included one in 1931 of the Nacio Herb Brown-Arthur Freed tune for the MGM film Lord Byron of Broadway, Should I (Reveal Exactly How I Feel), in German as Ich kann, ich will with vocalist Paul Dorn.

Roast Beef and Movies

The short, filmed in two-strip Technicolor, uses the "Chinese Ballet" segment from the MGM movie Children of Pleasure and the "Woman in the Shoe" segment from MGM's Lord Byron of Broadway (both 1930).



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