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Broadway melody of 1940 [videorecording] / a Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer picture produced by Loew's Incorporated ; directed by Norman Taurog ; produced by Jack Cummings ; screenplay by Leon Gordon and George Oppenheimer

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Material type: Text

TextPublisher number: 65708 | Warner Home VideoSeries: Classic musicals collectionPublication details: [Burbank, CA] : Warner Home Video, [2003], c1940Description: 1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inISBN:

0790774798

Subject(s):

Dance -- Drama

Genre/Form:

Musical films.

DDC classification:

791.43/72 21

Production credits:

Lyrics and music, Cole Porter

Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy, Frank Morgan, Ian Hunter, Florence Rice, Lynne CarverSummary: A backstage yarn about two hoofers, Johnny Brett and King Shaw, who are an ambitious dance team working in a dance hall for little or nothing. A mistake in names shoots King instead of Johnny into the lead of a Broadway musical. On opening night King is unable to perform due to intoxication, and Johnny is forced to perform to save his partner's reputation. The show's producers realize their mistake in identity and all is resolved

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Originally released as a motion picuture in 1940 .

Special features: All-new digital transfer; Ann Miller hosts Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine; Our Gang short The Big Premiere; theatrical trailer; behind- the-scenes notes.

Lyrics and music, Cole Porter

Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy, Frank Morgan, Ian Hunter, Florence Rice, Lynne Carver

A backstage yarn about two hoofers, Johnny Brett and King Shaw, who are an ambitious dance team working in a dance hall for little or nothing. A mistake in names shoots King instead of Johnny into the lead of a Broadway musical. On opening night King is unable to perform due to intoxication, and Johnny is forced to perform to save his partner's reputation. The show's producers realize their mistake in identity and all is resolved