Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
  • Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
  • Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
  • Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
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Broadway Melody of 1940 Cast
 

On-Screen Couples
Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell Fred Astaire (as Johnny Brett) with Eleanor Powell (as Clare Bennett)

 

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Plot Summary
MGM`s third follow-up to its landmark Broadway Melody is short on story, but that`s okay, since the plot is merely a clothesline upon which to hang sleek and opulent musical production numbers by Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell — particularly a breat...
Tagline
Eleanor Powell - Fred Astaire - In The Finest Broadway Melody Of Them All
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Broadway Melody of 1938 [Follows] (Year of movie: 1937)
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The Broadway Melody [Follows] (Year of movie: 1929)

Discography

Singles
Begin the Beguine
I Concentrate On You
Jukebox Dance
I`ve Got My Eyes on You
Between You and Me
All Ashore
Please Don`t Monkey with Broadway
 

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Snapshot
    Genre Musical
    Date Released 9 February 1940
    ProductionVision Productions
    DistributionInternational Video Entertainment (IVE)
    Related Links 1940 Movies
    February 1940 Movies
    1940 Musical Movies

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Trivia

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Quotes
  • King Shaw: The more I know about women, the less I know about women. Johnny Brett: Maybe someday you`ll learn they`re not all the same.
  • Amy Blake, Casey`s Secretary: Why, you wear out 50 blondes to one cape. Bob Casey: You think it needs a new lining? Amy Blake, Casey`s Secretary: You both do.
  • Johnny Brett: Nice black coffee for that nice black hangover.
  • Johnny Brett: [singing] So, move Grant`s Tomb to Union Square / and put Brooklyn anywhere / but please, please / I`m down on my knees / don`t monkey with Broadway!
    Trivia
  • It had been reported that Astaire was intimidated by Powell because she was the only few known female tap dancers capable to out-perform him.
  • The screenplay was based on a story by Jack McGowan and Dore Schary. Schary would go on to become head of MGM in the 1950s.
  • The vocals for Carmen D`Antonio were dubbed by Lois Hodnett.
  • The fur coat running gag was based on the real-life ploy of talent agent Doc Shurr.
  • Planned to be shot in Technicolor, but made in black and white.
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