Second Chorus (1940)

Directed by

H. C. Potter

Genre

musical film, romantic comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 24m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 39 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two trumpet players compete for the attention of the same woman. She is a secretary who becomes entangled in their schemes.

lightheartedwhimsicalupbeatromanticplayfulbreezysmooth

What happens

Second Chorus is a 1940 Hollywood musical comedy film starring Paulette Goddard and Fred Astaire and featuring Artie Shaw, Burgess Meredith and Charles Butterworth, with music by Artie Shaw, Bernie Hanighen and Hal Borne, and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The film was directed by H. C. Potter and produced independently for Paramount Pictures by Boris Morros, with associate producers Robert Stillman and (uncredited) Fred Astaire. The film's copyright expired in 1968 and it is now in the public domain. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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