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Broadway Melody of 1940

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

The musical film, starring
Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell
Fred Astaire had many top rate dancing partners, but said of Eleanor Powell , who died earlier this month, 'she really knocked out a tap-dance in a cast by herself.' Today sparkling music by Cole Porter and the flashing feet of Astaire and Powell beginning the beguine illuminate the back-stage story of a dance team struggling for success.
Screenplay LEON GORDON. GEORGE OPPENHEIMER , from a story by JACK MCGOWAN.
Music and lyrics by COLE PORTER Directed by NORMAN TAUROG
. Films: page 12

Contributors

Unknown:
Fred Astaire
Unknown:
Eleanor Powell
Unknown:
Fred Astaire
Unknown:
Eleanor Powell
Music By:
Cole Porter
Unknown:
Leon Gordon.
Unknown:
George Oppenheimer
Story By:
Jack McGowan.
Unknown:
Cole Porter
Directed By:
Norman Taurog
Johnny Brett:
Fred Astaire
Clare Bennett:
Eleanor Powell
King Shaw:
George Murphy
Bob Casey:
Frank Morgan
Bert C Matthews:
Ian Hunter
Amy Blake:
Florence Rice
Source: Radio Times

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