Fred Astaire
Danny O'Neill
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Second Chorus: Directed by H.C. Potter. With Fred Astaire, Paulette Goddard, Artie Shaw, Charles Butterworth. When perennial college students Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are forced to make it on their own, the competitive pair get jobs with Artie Shaw's band and reunite with ex-manager Ellen Miller.
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- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- H.C. Potter
- 1941-01-03
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When perennial college students Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are forced to make it on their own, the competitive pair get jobs with Artie Shaw's band and reunite with ex-manager Ellen Miller. Danny and Hank are surprised when Artie Shaw hires competent manager Ellen away from their college band. The two trumpet players scheme to get into Shaw ...
Second Chorus is a 1940 Hollywood musical comedy film starring Paulette Goddard and Fred Astaire and featuring Artie Shaw, Burgess Meredith and Charles Butterworth, with music by Artie Shaw, Bernie Hanighen and Hal Borne, and lyrics by Johnny Mercer.
Danny O'Neill, the leader of his college orchestra, and his roommate, trumpeteer Hank Taylor, are the oldest students on campus. One day, they meet bill collector Ellen Miller, who serves them with a summons for an overdue bill.
- H. C. Potter, Frank Cavett, Edward Montagne
- Fred Astaire
Story. Ben Hecht. Writer. Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are rival trumpeters with the Perennials, a college band, and both men are still attending college by failing their exams seven years in a row. In the midst of a performance, Danny spies Ellen Miller who ends up being made band manager.
Though not the best of the Fred Astaire musicals, Second Chorus is the most easily accessible thanks to its current public-domain status. Astaire and Burgess Meredith play Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor, friendly-enemy musicians who after spending seven years in a college band aspire to join the Artie Shaw Orchestra.
