Second Chorus
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.
H. C. Potter
Casts & Crew
Fred Astaire
Paulette Goddard
Artie Shaw
Charles Butterworth
Burgess Meredith
Frank Melton
Jimmy Conlin
Don Brodie
Marjorie Kane
Joan Barclay
Willa Pearl Curtis
Phil Arnold
Bobby Barber
Bus Bassey
William Benedict
Vernon Brown
Billy Butterfield
Romaine Callender
Jack Cathcart
Heinie Conklin
Gordon De Main
Jud De Naut
Nick Fatool
Jack Gordon
Johnny Guarnieri
Ben Hall
Alton Hendrickson
Jack Jenney
Jerry Jerome
Adia Kuznetzoff
Lillian Lawrence
Alexander Leftwich
Ben Lessy
Joseph Marievsky
Charles R. Moore
Buddy Morrow
Spec O'Donnell
Hermes Pan
Neely Plumb
Albert Pollet
June Preston
Fred Rapport
Les Robinson
Charles Smith
Mary Stewart
Leonard Sues
Edward Thomas
Michael Visaroff
George Wendt
Poppy Wilde
Allen Wood
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