Broadway melody of 1940

Resource Information

The work Broadway melody of 1940 represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sno-Isle Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Broadway melody of 1940

Statement of responsibility

a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture produced by Loew's Incorporated ; directed by Norman Taurog ; produced by Jack Cummings ; screenplay by Leon Gordon and George Oppenheimer

Title variation

Broadway melody of nineteen forty

Contributor

• Oppenheimer, George
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Warner Home Video (Firm)
• Astaire, Fred
• Carver, Lynne, 1909-1955
• Cummings, Jack, 1900-1989
• Gordon, Leon, 1884-1960
• Hunter, Ian, 1900-1975
• Morgan, Frank, 1890-1949
• Murphy, George, 1902-1992
• Porter, Cole, 1891-1964
• Powell, Eleanor, 1912-1982
• Rice, Florence, 1911-1974
• Taurog, Norman, 1899-1981

Actor

• Morgan, Frank, 1890-1949
• Murphy, George, 1902-1992
• Powell, Eleanor, 1912-1982
• Rice, Florence, 1911-1974
• Astaire, Fred
• Carver, Lynne, 1909-1955
• Hunter, Ian, 1900-1975

Screenwriter

• Gordon, Leon, 1884-1960
• Oppenheimer, George

Composer

• Porter, Cole, 1891-1964

Dancer

• Powell, Eleanor, 1912-1982
• Astaire, Fred

Director

• Taurog, Norman, 1899-1981

Producer

• Cummings, Jack, 1900-1989

Subject

• Dancers
• Musical films
• Filmed dance
• Filmed dance
• Musical films
• Dancers -- Drama
• Broadway (Nueva York, Nueva York) -- Teatro
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Drama
• Broadway (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama
• Musicals
• Bailarines -- Teatro
• Musicals -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• New York (State) -- New York
• New York (State) -- New York | Broadway
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Musical films
• Filmed dance
• Teatro
• Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Feature films

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

A backstage yarn about two hoofers, Johnny Brett and King Shaw, who are an ambitious dance team working in a dance hall for little or nothing. A mistake in names shoots King instead of Johnny into the lead of a Broadway musical. On opening night King is unable to perform due to intoxication, and Johnny is forced to perform to save his partner's reputation. The show's producers realize their mistake in identity and all is resolved

Member of

• Archive collection
• Classic musicals collection

Cataloging source

CO2

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Lyrics and music, Cole Porter

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: Not rated

Language note

• English audio; closed-captioned
• English or French soundtrack; subtitles in English, French, or Spanish

LC call number

PN1995.9.M86

LC item number

B765 2003

PerformerNote

Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy, Frank Morgan, Ian Hunter, Florence Rice, Lynne Carver

Runtime

102

Series statement

• WB Home Entertainment Group archive collection
• Classic musicals collection

Technique

live action