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Broadway Melody of 1940: Directed by Norman Taurog. With Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy, Frank Morgan. Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York.
Broadway Melody of 1940 is a 1940 MGM film musical starring Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell and George Murphy (Astaire's first male dancing partner on film). It was directed by Norman Taurog and features music by Cole Porter, including "Begin the Beguine".
Mar 30, 2013 · Eleanor Powell and Fred Astaire in Beguine the Beguine, the grand finale of Broadway Melody of 1940. Frank Sinatra in That's Entertainment, 1974 - " The last of the big black and ...more....
Mar 20, 2021 · Special Features: Making-of Featurette: "Begin the Beguine" (hosted by Ann Miller); "Our Gang Comedies: The Big Premiere"; MGM Cartoon: "The Milky Way" ; Original Theatrical Trailer (HD). Directed...
Befuddled producer Bob Casey wants a new partner for star Clare Bennett, but Brett thinks the caller is a bill collector and in a panic says that he is King Shaw. Because of this casting mixup, the wrong man gets a major role in a Broadway show.
Broadway MELODY OF 1940 became Fred Astaire's first MGM musical since his minor debut in DANCING LADY (1933). After ten musicals at RKO Radio, nine with Ginger Rogers during the 1933-39 period, Astaire was now ready for the big time at MGM, starting off here with lavish sets, glittering black and white photography and shining dance floors ...
Broadway Melody of 1940. The class of the Broadway Melody series with the burnished talents of Astaire and Murphy, and the timeless tunes of Cole Porter. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started.
In New York City, the dance team of Johnny Brett (Fred Astaire) and King Shaw (George Murphy) are at the bottom of the heap, and barely scraping by in dance halls.
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The struggling dance team of Johnny Brett and King Shaw is split up when, in a case of mistaken identity, theatrical agent Bert C. Matthews offers King rather than Johnny the job of leading man in Broadway star Clare Bennett's new show.
Mar 20, 2021 · Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940) #WarnerArchive #WarnerBros #BroadwayMelodyof1940 The job – a career breakthrough – is supposed to go to hoofer Johnny Brett, but a mix-up in ...more.
