Second Chorus
They're the tip-tops in toe-taps!
Overview
Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are rival trumpeters with the Perennials, a college band, and both men are still attending college by failing their exams seven years in a row. In the midst of a performance, Danny spies Ellen Miller who ends up being made band manager. Both men compete for her affections while trying to get the other one fired.
- Production
- Paramount Pictures
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Cast
Fred Astaire
Danny O'Neill
Paulette Goddard
Ellen Miller
Artie Shaw
Himself
Charles Butterworth
J. Lester Chisholm
Burgess Meredith
Hank Taylor
Frank Melton
Stu
Jimmy Conlin
Mr. Dunn
Don Brodie
Clerk
Marjorie Kane
Secretary
Joan Barclay
Receptionist
Phil Arnold
Shaw's First Manager (uncredited)
Bobby Barber
Room Service Waiter (uncredited)
William Benedict
Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Romaine Callender
Waiter (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
Reporter (uncredited)
Gordon De Main
Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
Adia Kuznetzoff
Boris (uncredited)
Ben Lessy
Shaw's Second Manager (uncredited)
Charles R. Moore
Sam - Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Spec O'Donnell
Disappointed Fan at Stage Door (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- H. C. Potter
- Producers
- Boris Morros
- Cinematography
- Theodor Sparkuhl
- Composer
- Artie Shaw
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CinemaSerf
February 15, 2025
This has some good ingredients but somehow the sum of the parts just misfires as even some lively Artie Shaw-led numbers just fizzle out. It doesn’t really help that there’s not much chemistry between Fred Astaire’s “Danny” and either his partner in crime “Hank” (Burgess Meredith) or their old pal/manager “Ellen” (Paulette Goddard). The two men have been exploiting the college band gravy train for almost a decade but have now finally been forced into the outside world to fend for themselves. The…