The Barkleys of Broadway (1950)

Directed by

Charles Walters

Genre

comedy film, musical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 49m

Rated

12

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 53 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A famous married couple in show business star in musical numbers together. But their relationship gets strained when she wants to try serious dramatic acting instead.

lightheartedwhimsicalupbeatcharmingplayfulnostalgicbouncy

What happens

The Barkleys of Broadway is a 1949 American Technicolor musical comedy film from the Arthur Freed unit at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer that reunited Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers after ten years apart. Directed by Charles Walters, the screenplay is by Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and Sidney Sheldon, the songs are by Harry Warren (music) and Ira Gershwin (lyrics) with the addition of "They Can't Take That Away from Me" by George and Ira Gershwin, and the choreography was created by Robert Alton and Hermes Pan. Also featured in the cast were Oscar Levant, Billie Burke, Jacques François and Gale Robbins. It is famously known as the last film that Astaire and Rogers made together, and their only film together in color. Rogers came in as a last-minute replacement for Judy Garland, whose frequent absences due to a dependence on prescription medication cost her the role. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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