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The Entertainers: Fred Astaire in The Barkleys of Broadway

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on BBC Two England

with Ginger Rogers The 'Barkleys' are a tremendous success as a song and dance team and their latest hit,
'Manhattan downbeat', seems set for a long run. riut when Dinah decides that she wants to become a straight actress their marriage and career are in danger.... This colourful musical reunited the screen's most famous musical partnership.
Screenplay by BETTY COMDEN and ADOLPH GREEN Music by HARRY WARREN Lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN
Produced by ARTHUR FREED
Directed by CHARLES WALTERS
• FILMS: page 19

Contributors

Unknown:
Ginger Rogers
Unknown:
Betty Comden
Unknown:
Adolph Green
Music By:
Harry Warren
Unknown:
Ira Gershwin
Produced By:
Arthur Freed
Directed By:
Charles Walters
Josh Barkley:
Fred Astaire
Dinah Barkley:
Ginger Rogers
Ezra Millar:
Oscar Levant
Mrs Livingston Belney:
Billie Burke
Shirlene May:
Gale Robbins
Jacques Pierre Barredout:
Jacques Francois
Judge:
George Zucco
Bert:
Clinton Sundberg
Source: Radio Times

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