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Second Chorus (1940)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. Director:H.C. Potter |
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Title: Second Chorus (1940)
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Nominated for 2 Oscars.
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Danny O'Neill
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Ellen Miller
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Artie Shaw | ... |
Artie Shaw
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Charles Butterworth | ... |
Mr. Chisholm
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Hank Taylor
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Frank Melton | ... |
Stu
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Jimmy Conlin | ... |
Mr. Dunn
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Don Brodie | ... |
Clerk
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Marjorie Kane | ... |
Secretary
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Joan Barclay | ... |
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Willa Pearl Curtis | ... |
Scrubwoman
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Artie Shaw and His Orchestra | ... |
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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's outfit themselves, each trying to trump the other's plays. Written by Diana Hamilton <hamilton@gl.umbc.edu>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
3 January 1941 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Amor de mi vida See more »Filming Locations:
Occidental College -1600 Campus Road, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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Hank Taylor: Looking for a collar button.
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Bernard Hanighen
Played by Artie Shaw's band (uncredited)
Fred Astaire conducting and dancing (uncredited)
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Danny O'Neill: [hiding himself] What'ya think you're doing under this bed?Hank Taylor: Looking for a collar button.
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Soundtracks
"Poor Mr. Chisholm"Bernard Hanighen
Played by Artie Shaw's band (uncredited)
Fred Astaire conducting and dancing (uncredited)
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This is an OK Fred Astaire movie. A couple of good dance sequences - one with Paulette Goddard, who is not impressive on the floor, and one where he's tap-dancing while conducting Artie Shaw's orchestra. The plot is dismal, Burgess Meredith as comic relief is faintly amusing at best, though in his defense the script gave him very little to work with.
Fans of swing will want to see "Second Chorus", though, for the musical sequences. In particular, a five-minute fantasia that Shaw and the band (plus a string section) play. This piece has been scored and has been recorded several times under the title of Artie Shaw's Clarinet Concerto; but no other clarinetist, popular or classical, has brought the same excitement to the piece that Shaw did. It's worth renting for that sequence alone.
It's a real shame that the director couldn't work out a sequence in which Astaire dances to Shaw's clarinet - playing, say, "Begin the Beguine", or "Frenesi", or "Traffic Jam", or any other his many other hits. A real shame indeed.