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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Leon Gordon (screenplay) and
George Oppenheimer (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
9 February 1940 (USA) more
Tagline:
Eleanor Powell - Fred Astaire - In The Finest Broadway Melody Of Them All
Plot:
Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to gives him the name of his partner. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
one great number not mentioned often more (33 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Fred Astaire | ... | Johnny Brett |
 | Eleanor Powell | ... | Clare Bennett |
| George Murphy | ... | King Shaw |
| Frank Morgan | ... | Bob Casey |
| Ian Hunter | ... | Bert C. Matthews |
| Florence Rice | ... | Amy Blake, Casey's Secretary |
| Lynne Carver | ... | Emmy Lou Lee |
 | Ann Morriss | ... | Pearl Delonge |
| Trixie Firschke | ... | Juggler |
Additional Details
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Runtime:
102 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
UK:U | Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl
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Trivia:
It had been reported that Fred Astaire was intimidated by Eleanor Powell because she was one of the few female tap dancers capable of out-performing him. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Johnny substitutes for King at the last minute, the costume fits the much smaller Johnny perfectly. more
Quotes:
King Shaw:
The more I know about women, the less I know about women.
Johnny Brett:
Maybe someday you'll learn they're not all the same.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in From the Ends of the Earth (1939) more
Soundtrack:
I've Got My Eyes on You more
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The fabulous Begin the Begiuine number deserves all the raves and superlatives it receives and is worth the price of the movie. Interest in it was revived by its appearance in That's Entertainment. However, seldom mentioned, and I forgot about it myself until I watched the dvd is the dazzling tap they do called the juke box number. Smaller in scale but as remarkable in its own way as the Beguine. Thanks the powers that be for DVDs...as one can watch and listen to these great song and dances over and over....their equal will never be seen again.