Broadway Melody of 1940
Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to, gives him the name of his partner.
Norman Taurog
Casts & Crew
Fred Astaire
Eleanor Powell
George Murphy
Frank Morgan
Ian Hunter
Florence Rice
Lynne Carver
Ann Morriss
Trixie Firschke
Libby Taylor
George Chandler
Gladys Blake
Mary Field
Irving Bacon
James Flavin
Joe Yule
Charlotte Arren
Johnny Broderick
Bess Flowers
Carol Adams
Barbara Jo Allen
Bobby Barber
Herman Bing
Mel Blanc
Don Brodie
Paul E. Burns
Chick Collins
James Conaty
Joseph Crehan
John Daheim
Bobbie Canvin
Jeanne Darrell
Patt Hyatt
Alice Ludes
Hal K. Dawson
Edgar Dearing
Sayre Dearing
Jean Del Val
Eddie Hall
Henry Hebert
Shep Houghton
Arthur Stuart Hull
Harry Lash
Hal Le Sueur
David Lloyd
Alphonse Martell
Frank McLure
Bert Moorhouse
Douglas McPhail
Jack Mulhall
John T. Murray
Wanda Perry
Tom Quinn
Suzanne Ridgeway
Cyril Ring
Mel Ruick
Gertrude Simpson
Walter Soderling
Larry Steers
William Tannen
Russell Wade
E. Alyn Warren
Denny Wilson
Blair Woolstencroft
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