Bumping Into Broadway (1919)

In the heart of New York, within the hustle and bustle of Broadway, resides an aspiring playwright and a hopeful chorus girl, living side by side in a rooming house teeming with dreamers. The chorus girl is swept up in the melodious chaos of unpaid tryouts for a Broadway show and, despite her tireless efforts, she finds herself fired, out of sync with the rhythm of the chorus line. Rent overdue, eviction looming, her fortune seems to be in a continuous downward spiral. In the room next door, a budding playwright from Peoria is wrestling with his own financial woes, his rent overdue, and an unyielding comedy script in hand. Yet, he hands over his last dollar to the chorus girl, a selfless act to help her fend off the relentless "Bearcat", the landlady with a reputation as unforgiving as the New York winters. In a desperate bid to keep the wolf from his own door, he tries to charm the production manager of the very theater that had just shown his neighbor the exit. Meanwhile, the chorus girl, in a maelish of desperation, agrees to lunch with a Broadway Lothario who sweeps her off to a speakeasy, a world where the champagne flows as freely as the hopes and dreams of its patrons. In an unexpected twist of fate, our comedy-writer follows them, resulting in an accidental roulette bet, a tumultuous police raid, and a pursuit that's as chaotic as a Broadway musical finale. Bumping Into Broadway is a captivating tale of dreams, desperation, and the thrilling unpredictability of life in the theater district, where every curtain call could be a launch into stardom or a descent into obscurity.

Bumping Into Broadway is a comedy movie featuring Harold Lloyd.

Bumping Into Broadway is currently streaming on Criterion Channel and Max Amazon Channel.