The Barkleys of Broadway

Fred Astaire and Dinah Barkley are a husband-and-wife musical comedy team at the peak of their careers. After finishing a new show, Dinah meets serious French playwright Jacques Pierre Barredout (Jacques François) who suggests that Dinah should take up dramatic acting. Josh secretly watches Dinah's rehearsals for a new play and sees how she is struggling, he calls her up and pretends to be the Frenchman, giving her notes that help her to understand her part, the young Sarah Bernhardt. After the show, she accidentally learns that her late-night mentor was Josh.