Broadway Melody of 1940
Johnny Brett and King Shaw are a dance team so down on their luck that they work in a dance hall for no money. Meanwhile, Clare Bennett is a big Broadway star. Owing to a case of mistaken identity, Shaw is offered the chance to be Clare's dancing partner in a new Broadway show, when Johnny's dancing was really what producer Bob Casey saw and wanted. The partnership breaks up, but Johnny still helps out King, who lets his newfound success go to his head. Clare eventually realizes that Johnny, not King, is the better dancer, and she falls in love after having lunch with him. When Shaw gets drunk on opening night, Johnny steps in and saves the show with a brilliant performance, though he lets King think he did it himself. Clare later tells King the truth. Just before the next show, Clare discovers King drunk again, and Johnny becomes the permanent replacement. After the show, they find out that King was pretending to be drunk so that Johnny would get the job.
MPAA Rating: | NR |
Genre: | Musical |
Country: | United States |
Produced By: | Jack Cummings |
Directed By: | Norman Taurog |
Written By: | Dore Schary, Eddie Moran, Sid Silvers, Jack McGowan, Walter DeLeon, Thomas Phipps, Preston Sturges, Albert Mannheimer, George Oppenheimer, Leon Gordon, Vincent Lawrence |
Cast: | James Flavin, Chick Collins, John Daheim, Tom Quinn, Herman Bing, Paul E. Burns, Wanda Perry, Lynne Carver, Joe Yule, Johnny Broderick, Trixie Firschke, Florence Rice, Eleanor Powell, Don Brodie, Fred Astaire, Cyril Ring, Frank Morgan, Hal K. Dawson, John T. Murray, Sayre Dearing, Walter Soderling, Suzanne Ridgway, Charlotte Arren, Shep Houghton, Alphonse Martell, George Murphy, Carmen D'Antonio, Eddie Hall, Gladys Blake, Carol Adams, Libby Taylor, Bess Flowers, Russell Wade, Bobby Barber, Jean Del Val, Gertrude Simpson, Mel Blanc, Mary Field, Barbara Jo Allen, The Music Maids, Edgar Dearing, Irving Bacon, Henry Hebert, William Tannen, Bobbie Canvin, Bert Moorhouse, James Conaty, Jack Mulhall, Arthur Stuart Hull, Joseph Crehan, Harry Lash, Ian Hunter, Denny Wilson, Hal Le Sueur, E. Alyn Warren, Mel Ruick, George Chandler, Douglas McPhail, Larry Steers, Frank McLure, Ann Morriss |
In Theaters: | Feb 09, 1940 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 42 minutes |
Production: | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |