Rating: NR
Genre: Musical
Release Date: 04/22/2003
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 102 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video

MGM's third follow-up to its landmark Broadway Melody is short on story, but that's okay, since the plot is merely a clothesline upon which to hang sleek and opulent musical production numbers by Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell -- particularly a breathless and eye-popping gloriously black-and-white six-minute tap dance finale between Astaire and Powell to Cole Porter's "Begin the Beguine." The tale itself is a typical backstage contrivance: Johnny Brett (Fred Astaire) and King Shaw (George Murphy) are a couple of hoofers working in a dance hall for peanuts. Due to mistaken identity, King gets tapped for the lead in a Broadway show opposite big star Clare Bennett (Eleanor Powell) rather than Johnny. But when King drowns his trouble in booze on opening night, Johnny covers for him, taking his place in the show.

~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Fred Astaire - Johnny Brett
Eleanor Powell - Clara Bennett
George Murphy - King Shaw
Frank Morgan - Bob Casey
Ian Hunter - Bert C. Matthews
Florence Rice - Amy Blake
Lynne Carver - Emmy Lou Lee
Ann Morriss - Pearl
Trixie Firschke - Juggler
Douglas McPhail - Masked Singer

Production:
Norman Taurog - Director
Jack Cummings - Producer
Walter Ruick Roger Edens Cole Porter - Composer
Blanche Sewell - Editor
Eddie Moran Walter de Leon Leon Gordon Vincent Lawrence Albert Mannheimer George Oppenheimer Sid Silvers Preston Sturges - Screen Writer
Edwin B. Willis - Set Designer
Cedric Gibbons - Art Director
John S. Detlie - Art Director
Joseph Ruttenberg - Cinematographer
Oliver Marsh - Cinematographer
Adrian - Costume Designer
Irene Valles - Costume Designer
Alfred Newman - Musical Direction/Supervision
Dore Schary - Screen Story
Jack McGowan - Screen Story
Douglas Shearer - Sound/Sound Designer
Bobby Connolly - Choreography

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