Lord Byron of Broadway (1930), also known as What Price Melody?, is an American Pre-Code musical drama film, directed by Harry Beaumont and William Nigh.
It was based on a best selling book by Nell Martin, which "was widely praised by critics as an extremely true and amusing romance of stage life.
Starting and ending relationships gives a composer (Charles Kaley) ideas for songs, until he meets and marries a woman Marion Shilling.
[2] MGM used the "Woman in the Shoe" musical segment in two short films, Nertsery Rhymes (1933) and Roast Beef and Movies (1934).
The expensive film received mixed reviews, mainly due to the lackluster direction of William Nigh and Harry Beaumont.