Second Chorus (1940)
They're the tip-tops in toe-taps!
84 min
Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are rival trumpeters with the Perennials, a college band, and both men are still attending college by failing their exams seven years in a row. In the midst of a performance, Danny spies Ellen Miller who ends up being made band manager. Both men compete for her affections while trying to get the other one fired.
- Release date
- December 3, 1940
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Fred Astaire as Danny O'Neill
- Paulette Goddard as Ellen Miller
- Artie Shaw as Artie Shaw
- Charles Butterworth as Lester Chisholm
- Burgess Meredith as Hank Taylor
- Frank Melton as Stu
- Jimmy Conlin as Mr. Dunn
- Don Brodie as Clerk
- Marjorie Kane as Secretary
- Joan Barclay as Receptionist
Crew
- H.C. Potter · Director
- Frank Cavett · Writer
- Elaine Ryan · Writer
- Ian McLellan Hunter · Writer
- Johnny Mercer · Writer
- Boris Morros · Producer
- Artie Shaw · Composer
- Theodor Sparkuhl · Cinematographer
- Jack Dennis · Editor