02842cgm a2200625 i 4500 330912826 TxAuBib 20171018120000.0 d 030422t20031940||||||||||||||||||v|eng|u 9780790774794 0790774798 012569570825 65708 (OCoLC)52101452 TxAuBib rda Broadway melody of 1940 [DVD] / 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. [Burbank, CA] : Warner Home Video, 2003. ©1940. 1 videodisc (102 minutes) : sound; black & white ; 4 3/4 in. tdi rdacontent v rdamedia vd rdacarrier Classic musicals collection Classic musicals collection Originally released as a motion picuture in 1940. Special features: All-new digital transfer; Ann Miller hosts Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine; Our Gang short The Big Premiere; theatrical trailer; behind-the-scenes notes. Lyrics and music, Cole Porter. Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy, Frank Morgan, Ian Hunter, Florence Rice, Lynne Carver. 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. MPAA rating: Not rated. DVD. 20171018. English or French soundtrack; subtitles in English, French & Spanish. Dance Drama. Musical films. Feature films. Cummings, Jack, 1925- Gordon, Leon, 1884-1960. Oppenheimer, George. Taurog, Norman, 1899-1981. Porter, Cole, 1891-1964. Astaire, Fred. Powell, Eleanor, 1912-1982. Murphy, George, 1902-1992. Morgan, Frank, 1890-1949. Hunter, Ian. Rice, Florence, 1911-1974. Carver, Lynne, 1909-1955. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Warner Home Video (Firm). Classic musicals collection. Classic musicals collection. BSBPL