The Royal Family of Broadway

The Royal Family of Broadway
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Directed byGeorge Cukor
Cyril Gardner
Written byHerman Mankiewicz
Gertrude Purcell
Based onThe Royal Family
by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman
CinematographyGeorge J. Folsey
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • December 22, 1930 (1930-12-22) (U.S.)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Royal Family of Broadway is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by George Cukor and Cyril Gardner and released by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay was adapted by Herman J. Mankiewicz and Gertrude Purcell from the 1927 play The Royal Family by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman. It stars Ina Claire, Fredric March, Mary Brian, Henrietta Crosman, Arnold Korff, and Frank Conroy. It was shot at the Astoria Studios in New York. As a film published in 1930, it entered the public domain on January 1, 2026.