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9 February 1940 (USA)
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Eleanor Powell - Fred Astaire - In The Finest Broadway Melody Of Them All
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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
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Terrific movie
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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 |
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102 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Follows The Broadway Melody (1929), Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935) and Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937). Another film in the series was planned, "Broadway Melody of 1943" starring Eleanor Powell and Gene Kelly. However, that project was abandoned, and a dance number filmed by Eleanor Powell was edited into Thousands Cheer (1943).
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Continuity: When Johnny substitutes for King at the last minute, the costume fits the much smaller Johnny perfectly.
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Johnny Brett:
Nice black coffee for that nice black hangover.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in We Must Have Music (1942)
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Between You and Me
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Even though the story was corny, I loved this movie. It was dancing at its greatest. I have always known that Fred Astaire was the best but only recently did I discover Eleanor Powell, even though she was a star when I was a kid but kids don't enjoy musicals. Powell is the greatest and the best partner Astaire ever had. It is too bad they didn't make more movies together.
This is a movie I would recommend to anyone. It is one I can watch over and over again because the dancing is so fantastic. Even my grandchildren enjoyed this one. I would have given it a 10 but for the story but then every Astaire movie is a fantasy in dance but Powell makes this one a super fantasy.