Second Chorus (1940)

  • Second Chorus (1940)
  • Second Chorus (1940)
  • Second Chorus (1940)
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Though not the best of the Fred Astaire musicals, Second Chorus is the most easily accessible thanks to its current public-domain status. Astaire and Burgess Meredith play Danny O`Neill and Hank Taylor, friendly-enemy musicians who after spending sev...

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Singles

Concerto for Clarinet

(I Ain`t Hep To That Step But I`ll) Dig It

(Would You Like to Be) The Love of My Life

Beautiful Dreamer

Double Mellow

Everything`s Jumping

I`m Yours

Poor Mr. Chisholm

Sugar

Sweet Sue Just You

The New Moon is Shining
 

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  • Danny O`Neill: It seems to me I smell a mouse. Ellen Miller: Somewhere around the house.
  • Danny O`Neill: [hiding himself] What`ya think you`re doing under this bed? Hank Taylor: Looking for a collar button.
  • Ellen Miller: [in a fake Russian accent] Vas good? Danny O`Neill: Vas per-fect.
  • Hank Taylor: I`ll buy you a cigar. J. Lester Chisholm: I don`t like cigars. Hank Taylor: Don`t you worry about it! I`ll smoke it myself.
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  • Cut from the movie was "Me and the Ghost Upstairs" (music by Bernard Hanighen, lyrics by Johnny Mercer), sung by Fred Astaire and danced by him with the film`s dance director, Hermes Pan, who was covered by a sheet. The prerecording and rehearsal footage still exist. Mr. Astaire`s commercial waxing, initially released by Columbia Records on a single, has been reissued on two import CD box sets: "The Centenary Collection" from by the British label Castle Pulse, and "Songs & Pictures 1928-1944" on EPM Music, a French company.
  • The trumpet part for Burgess Meredith was dubbed by Billy Butterfield.
  • The trumpet part for Fred Astaire was dubbed by Bobby Hackett.
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