Broadway Melody Of 1940.

; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CUY.; Lyrics and music, Cole Porter; musical direction, Alfred Newman; musical arrangements, Roger Edens; dances, Bobby Connolly; directors of photography, Oliver T. Marsh, Joseph Ruttenberg; film editor, Blanche Sewell; original story by Jack McGowan and Dore Schary.; 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), Lynne Carver (Emmy Lou Lee).; A backstage yarn about two hoofers, Johnny Brett (Astaire) and King Shaw (Murphy), who are an ambitious dance team working in a dance hall for little or nothing. A mistake in names shoots King instead of Johnny into the lead of a Broadway musical opposite the star, Clare Bennett (Eleanor Powell). On opening night of the production, King is unable to perform due to intoxication, and Johnny is forced to perform to save his partner's reputation. The show's producers realize their mistake in identity and all is resolved.; PFA 1616-01-12162. D0301; PFA 1616-01-12162. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2004/12 /15 very good CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2006/09/19 same.

Johnny Brett (Fred Astaire) and King Shaw (George Murphy) are a dance team so down on their luck they're working in a dance hall for no money. Meanwhile, Clare Bennett (Eleanor Powell) is a big Broadway star. Shaw is offered the chance to be Clare's dancing partner in a new Broadway show, while it was really Johnny's dancing that producer Bob Casey (Frank Morgan) saw and wanted. The partnership breaks up, but Johnny sticks around to help out Shaw, who lets his newfound success go to his head. Clare eventually realizes that Johnny, and not Shaw, is the better dancer, and