Broadway Melody of 1940 (motion picture) - Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell (performers) (excerpts) (1940)
Title
Broadway Melody of 1940 (motion picture) - Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell (performers) (excerpts) (1940)
Subject
Swing (Dance)
Musicals
URL
Trailer
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Begin the Beguine
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Excerpt
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Operatic hilarious performance
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Description
Content Description from Wikipedia.org (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_Melody_of_1940):
Johnny Brett (Fred Astaire) and King Shaw (George Murphy) are a dance team so down on their luck that they work in a dance hall for no money. Meanwhile, Clare Bennett (Eleanor Powell) is a big Broadway star. Owing to a case of mistaken identity, Shaw is offered the chance to be Clare's dancing partner in a new Broadway show, when it was really Johnny's dancing that producer Bob Casey (Frank Morgan) saw and wanted. The partnership breaks up, but Johnny still helps out King, who lets his newfound success go to his head. Clare eventually realizes that Johnny, not King, is the better dancer, and she falls in love after having lunch with him. When Shaw gets drunk on opening night, Johnny steps in and saves the show with a brilliant performance, though he lets King think he did it himself. Clare later tells King the truth. Just before the next show, Clare discovers King drunk again, and Johnny becomes the permanent replacement. After the show, they find out that King was pretending to be drunk so that Johnny would get the job.
Ephemera: text saved from original ephemera. Small clipping from program guide. Broadway Melody of 1940. Friendship and rivalry between dance partners sparks this delightful musical, highlighted by outstanding Cole Porter tunes. Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy star. Handwritten: Under Cover August 1985.
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Johnny Brett (Fred Astaire) and King Shaw (George Murphy) are a dance team so down on their luck that they work in a dance hall for no money. Meanwhile, Clare Bennett (Eleanor Powell) is a big Broadway star. Owing to a case of mistaken identity, Shaw is offered the chance to be Clare's dancing partner in a new Broadway show, when it was really Johnny's dancing that producer Bob Casey (Frank Morgan) saw and wanted. The partnership breaks up, but Johnny still helps out King, who lets his newfound success go to his head. Clare eventually realizes that Johnny, not King, is the better dancer, and she falls in love after having lunch with him. When Shaw gets drunk on opening night, Johnny steps in and saves the show with a brilliant performance, though he lets King think he did it himself. Clare later tells King the truth. Just before the next show, Clare discovers King drunk again, and Johnny becomes the permanent replacement. After the show, they find out that King was pretending to be drunk so that Johnny would get the job.
Ephemera: text saved from original ephemera. Small clipping from program guide. Broadway Melody of 1940. Friendship and rivalry between dance partners sparks this delightful musical, highlighted by outstanding Cole Porter tunes. Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy star. Handwritten: Under Cover August 1985.
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
Creator
Norman Taurog (director)
Jack Cummings (producer)
Jack McGowan and Dore Schary (writers)
Cole Porter and Roger Edens (music)
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Date
1940 February 9
Citation
“Broadway Melody of 1940 (motion picture) - Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell (performers) (excerpts) (1940),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections, accessed April 25, 2024, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/212.