BROADWAY MELODY OF 1940

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• Release Year: 1940
• Genre: Musical
• Plot: Absolute Beginers. Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell Dance the Stunning Begin the Beguine.; ; The job-a career breakthrough-is supposed to go to hoofer Johnny Brett, but a mix-up in names gives it to his partner. Another example of Broadway hopes dashed? Not when Johnny is played by Fred Astaire. ; ; Sparkling Cole Porter songs, clever comedy and dance legends Astaire and Eleanor Powell make the final Broadway Melody (co-starring George Murphy) a song to remember. Powell's nautical I Am the Captain and Astaire's blissful I've Got My Eyes On You are more than enough to please any fan. But they're just a warm-up for the leads to tap one number into immortality: Begin the Beguine, introduced by Frank Sinatra in That's Entertainment! with 'You can wait around and hope, but you'll never see the likes of this again.'
• Cast: Cyril Ring, Mel Ruick, Gertrude Simpson, Walter Soderling, Larry Steers, William Tannen, Libby Taylor, Russell Wade, E. Alyn Warren, Denny Wilson, Blair Woolstencroft, Joe Yule, Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy, Frank Morgan, Ian Hunter, Florence Rice, Lynne Carver, Ann Morriss, Trixie Firschke, Barbara Jo Allen, Charlotte Arren, Irving Bacon, Herman Bing, Gladys Blake, Mel Blanc, Johnny Broderick, Don Brodie, Paul E. Burns, Bobbie Canvin, George Chandler, Chick Collins, James Conaty, Joseph Crehan, John Daheim, Carmen D'Antonio, Jeanne Darrell, Hal K. Dawson, Edgar Dearing, Sayre Dearing, Jean Del Val, Mary Field, James Flavin, Bess Flowers, Lois Hodnott, Shep Houghton, Arthur Stuart Hull, Patt Hyatt, Harry Lash, Hal Le Sueur, David Lloyd, Alice Ludes, The Music Maids, Alphonse Martell, Douglas McPhail, Bert Moorhouse, Jack Mulhall, John T. Murray, Tom Quinn, Suzanne Ridgeway, Norman Taurog
• Director: Norman Taurog
• Runtime: 1:42
• Company: Warner Bros.
• Media Format: Movie