The Broadway Hoofer is a 1929 all-talking musical film directed by George Archainbaud. The film stars Louise Fazenda, and Marie Saxon.
Plot.
As noted in a film journal, a young woman goes to the country for a rest. There she meets the hero, press-agent and leading man of “The Gay Girlies Burlesque” company. He had been advertising for extras, and when the heroine is shoved into the theatre by a curious crowd he yells at her and beckons her to go to him. He “engages" her. As she enjoys her new e.xperience, the heroine does not disclose her identity but pretends that she is an extra and rehearses. The hero likes her dancing and hires her. In the meantime her manager searches high and low to find her. Her whereabouts eventually become known and her manager visits her and tries to induce her to go back. But she will not go back without the hero. Misunderstandings between her and the hero arise, but they are eventually cleared up, and they marry.
Reception.
Billboard praised Saxon's performance, but called the songs "mediocre".