Container of (work) Broadway melody of 1940 (Motion picture). French.
Notes:
Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy, Frank Morgan, Douglas Macphail, Ian Hunter, Florence Rice, Lynne Carver. Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy, Frank Morgan, Ian Hunter, Florence Rice, Lynne Carver. Full-screen presentation (4x3, 1.37:1). Based on an original story by Jack McGowan and Dore Schary. Originally released as a motion picture in 1940. Special features: Ann Miller hosts Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine; Our Gang short The big premiere; theatrical trailer.
Summary:
A backstage yarn about Johnny Brett and King Shaw, who are an ambitious dance team working in a dance hall. A mistake in names shoots King instead of Johnny into the lead of a Broadway musical. On opening night King is drunk and unable to dance and Johnny is forced to perform to save his partner's reputation. The show's producers realize their mistake and all is resolved.
Series:
Archive collection
OCLC:
(OCoLC)936056014
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
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