Broadway melody of 1938 /

Original story by Jack McGowan and Sid Silvers.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CUY.; music and lyrics by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed ; art director, Cedric Gibbons ; photographed by William Daniels ; film editor, Blanche Sewell.; Robert Taylor, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy, Buddy Ebsen, Judy Garland, Binnie Barnes.; "Steve Raleigh wants to produce a show on Broadway. He finds a backer, Herman Whipple and a leading lady, Sally Lee. But Caroline Whipple forces Steve to use a known star, not a newcomer. Sally purchases a horse, she used to train when her parents had a farm before the depression and with two ex-vaudevillians, Sonny Ledford and Peter Trott she trains it to win a race, providing the money Steve needs for his show"--Internet Movie Database.; PFA 1616-01-12163. D0301; PFA 1616-01-12163. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2004/12 /15 excellent. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2005/09/07 same.

Sally (Eleanor Powell) befriends Sonny (George Murphy) and Peter (Buddy Ebsen) who have been hired to look after a horse her family once owned. Concerned for the horse's well-being, she sneaks aboard a train taking the horse and its caretakers to New York City. En route she meets talent agent Steve Raleigh (Robert Taylor) who, impressed with her dancing and singing, sets her on the road to stardom.