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Author:

Broadway melody of 1940 (Motion picture)

Title:

Broadway melody of 1940 / directed by Norman Taurog.

Publisher:

Warner Home Video,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Male dancers--United States--Drama.
Male friendship--United States--Drama.
Musicals--Production and direction--United States--Drama.
Man-woman relationships--United States--Drama.
Male dancers.
Male friendship.
Man-woman relationships.
Musicals--Production and direction.
United States.
Musical films.
Filmed dance.
Feature films.
Drama.
Drama.
Feature films.
Musical films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
English language films.
French language films (Alternate sound track).

Other Authors:

Warner Home Video (Firm), distributor.
Marsh, Oliver T., 1893-1941, cinematographer.
Ruttenberg, Joseph, 1889-1983, cinematographer.
Sewell, Blanche, film editor.
Taurog, Norman, 1899-1981, film director.
Cummings, Jack, 1900-1989, film producer.
Gordon, Leon, 1884-1960, screenwriter.
Oppenheimer, George. screenwriter.
Porter, Cole, 1891-1964, composer.
Astaire, Fred, dancer. dancer.
Powell, Eleanor, 1912-1982, dancer. dancer.
Murphy, George, 1902-1992, actor.
McGowan, John, 1894-1977.
Hunter, Ian, 1900-1975, actor.
Rice, Florence, 1911-1974, actor.
Carver, Lynne, 1909-1955, actor.
Schary, Dore.
Morgan, Frank, 1890-1949, actor.
McPhail, Douglas, 1914-1944, actor.

Other Titles:

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)