---
title: 'The Melody Man (1930)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Roy William Neill'
released: '1930-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 68
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-melody-man-1930'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021136/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Melody Man (1930)

1930 · 68 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

The Melody Man is a 1930 American pre-Code musical drama film produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. This film is important historically as being Columbia's first sound feature to feature color. The first reel of the film was photographed in the Technicolor process. It was directed by Roy William Neill and starred John St. Polis, Alice Day, and William Collier, Jr. The story is based on a Broadway play by Herbert Fields.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Roy William Neill](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-william-neill)
- **Screenplay:** [Herbert Fields](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-fields)
- **Producer:** [Harry Cohn](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-cohn)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ted Tetzlaff](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-tetzlaff)

## Cast

- [Mildred Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/mildred-harris)
- [William Collier Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-collier-jr)

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