The Broadway Melody, also known as The Broadway Melody of 1929, is a 1929 American pre-Code musical film and the first sound film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture. It was one of the early musicals to feature a Technicolor sequence, which sparked the trend of color being used in a flurry of musicals that would hit the screens in 1929–1930. Best Picture at the 2nd Academy Awards, April 3, 1930 — hosted by William C. deMille at Ambassador Hotel. Most awards that night: The Bridge of San Luis Rey, The Broadway Melody, Coquette, The Divine Lady, In Old Arizona, The Patriot, and White Shadows in the South Seas. Wiki link Wiki link Poster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB).