Second Chorus (1940)
Genre: Comedy / Music
Duration: 86 minuten
Alternative title: Swing It
Country:
United States
Directed by: H.C. Potter
Stars: Fred Astaire, Paulette Goddard and Artie Shaw
IMDb score:
5,7 (1.892)
Releasedate: 3 January 1941
Second Chorus plot
"They're the tip-tops in toe-taps!"
Danny and Hank have been in college for 7 years now, because in the college band they earn way more money than a job they could get after graduation. They now even hire an attractive secretary who arranges new gigs. She's so good at her job that famous bandleader Artie Shaw comes to watch one of their gigs, hoping he can get her as a manager.
Actors and actresses
Danny O'Neill
Ellen Miller
Himself
J. Lester Chisholm
Hank Taylor
Stu
Mr. Dunn
Clerk
Secretary
Receptionist
Reviews & comments
Roger Thornhill
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- 6195 messages
- 2546 votes
It is difficult to explain why this is not so much fun, despite the presence of the dancing talent of Fred Astaire, the beauty of Paulette Goddard, the music of Artie Shaw and three successful musical numbers (Astaire as a Cossack!). Maybe it's because Astaire and Burgess Meredith have to play two charming rogues, but actually only come across as rogues par excellence, also because they seem to have no chemistry between themselves ("Astaire and Meredith are not Bing and Bob", like [user= 64750]Dk2008[/user] rightly points out), and therefore it doesn't really matter to me who will ultimately be allowed to run away with Paulette (although a good listener will have no doubt about that given the difference in status of the two actors ). No, I wasn't bored, but I was also waiting for the moment when I would really enjoy all the complications, and unfortunately that didn't happen anywhere, no matter how busy things got on screen.
Nice detail: funny how, when Shaw is rehearsing with his orchestra at the end, in the background a workwoman is mopping the stairs and a man is sweeping the floor.
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