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Dec 31, 2014 · Second Chorus by H.C. Potter. Publication date 1940 Usage Public Domain Publisher Astor Pictures Corporation Item Size 5128287207. You can find more ...
When perennial college students Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are forced to make it on their own, the competitive pair get jobs with Artie Shaw's band and reunite with ex-manager Ellen Miller.
But Second Chorus started out as a much different film than the light, breezy product that it eventually became. The original script, by Frank Cavett ( Going My Way, The Greatest Show on Earth ), was a downbeat drama about a jazz trumpeter struggling to find success in the cutthroat music business.
Aug 31, 2004 · If "Second Chorus" were a minor-studio B-movie and had been come out before Fred Astaire, Paulette Goddard, Artie Shaw, and Burgess Meredith (to say nothing of lyricist Johnny Mercer) had really made names for themselves, it could pass as an overlooked, affectionately regarded little gem.
If "Second Chorus" were a minor-studio B-movie and had been come out before Fred Astaire, Paulette Goddard, Artie Shaw, and Burgess Meredith (to say nothing of lyricist Johnny Mercer) had really made names for themselves, it could pass as an overlooked, affectionately regarded little gem.
Second Chorus is the 1940 musical comedy directed by H.C Potter. The film stars Fred Astaire (working with the director a second time) and Burgess Meredith as college students who, after being forced to leave, compete to get jobs with Artie Shaws band.
Nov 16, 2018 · When perennial college students Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are forced to make it on their own, the competitive pair get jobs with Artie Shaw's band and re...
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