The Barkleys of Broadway

E46297
American film film musical film

The Barkleys of Broadway is a 1949 MGM musical film that reunited Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in their only Technicolor feature together, blending song, dance, and comedy in a backstage showbiz story.

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Label Occurrences
The Barkleys of Broadway canonical 24
The Barkleys of Broadway soundtrack 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
film ⓘ
musical film ⓘ
artDirectionBy Cedric Gibbons ⓘ
Urie McCleary ⓘ
basedOn original story by Sidney Sheldon ⓘ
cinematographyBy Harry Stradling Sr. ⓘ
colorProcess Technicolor ⓘ
costumeDesignBy Irene Sharaff ⓘ
Valles ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Charles Walters ⓘ
distributedBy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
editedBy Albert Akst ⓘ
features comedy ⓘ
dance ⓘ
song ⓘ
featuresCharacter Dinah Barkley ⓘ
Josh Barkley ⓘ
featuresSong A Weekend in the Country ⓘ
Bouncin’ the Blues ⓘ
My One and Only Highland Fling ⓘ
Shoes with Wings On ⓘ
They Can't Take That Away from Me ⓘ
surface form: They Can’t Take That Away from Me

You’d Be Hard to Replace ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
musical ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadActorsReunited Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers RKO musicals ⓘ
surface form: Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
lyricsBy Ira Gershwin ⓘ
musicBy Harry Warren ⓘ
notableFact only Technicolor feature film to co-star Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers ⓘ
partOf Arthur Freed ⓘ
surface form: Arthur Freed Unit MGM musicals
producer Arthur Freed ⓘ
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
releaseDate 1949-05-04 ⓘ
releaseYear 1949 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 109 ⓘ
screenwriter Adolph Green ⓘ
Betty Comden ⓘ
Sidney Sheldon ⓘ
setIn New York City ⓘ
setting backstage show business ⓘ
starring Billie Burke ⓘ
Fred Astaire ⓘ
Gale Robbins ⓘ
Ginger Rogers ⓘ
Jacques François ⓘ
Oscar Levant ⓘ

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Fred Astaire → notableWork → The Barkleys of Broadway ⓘ
Ginger Rogers → notableWork → The Barkleys of Broadway ⓘ
Charles Walters → notableWork → The Barkleys of Broadway ⓘ
Betty Comden → notableWork → The Barkleys of Broadway ⓘ
Roger Edens → notableWork → The Barkleys of Broadway ⓘ
Astaire–Rogers dance partnership → notableWork → The Barkleys of Broadway ⓘ
Astaire–Rogers dance partnership → lastFilmTogether → The Barkleys of Broadway ⓘ
Astaire–Rogers filmography → hasPart → The Barkleys of Broadway ⓘ
Gale Robbins → notableWork → The Barkleys of Broadway ⓘ
Josh Barkley → partOf → The Barkleys of Broadway ⓘ
Josh Barkley → appearsIn → The Barkleys of Broadway ⓘ
Josh Barkley → fictionalUniverse → The Barkleys of Broadway ⓘ
Bouncin’ the Blues → featuredInFilm → The Barkleys of Broadway ⓘ
My One and Only Highland Fling → featuredIn → The Barkleys of Broadway ⓘ
Shoes with Wings On → partOf → The Barkleys of Broadway ⓘ
Shoes with Wings On → featuredInFilm → The Barkleys of Broadway ⓘ
Shoes with Wings On → fictionalUniverse → The Barkleys of Broadway ⓘ
You’d Be Hard to Replace → partOf → The Barkleys of Broadway ⓘ
You’d Be Hard to Replace → featuredIn → The Barkleys of Broadway ⓘ
You’d Be Hard to Replace → associatedWith → The Barkleys of Broadway ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Barkleys of Broadway soundtrack
A Weekend in the Country → featuredIn → The Barkleys of Broadway ⓘ
A Weekend in the Country → appearsInFilm → The Barkleys of Broadway ⓘ
Elizabeth Cohen → notableWork → The Barkleys of Broadway ⓘ
subject surface form: Betty Comden
Dinah Barkley → appearsIn → The Barkleys of Broadway ⓘ
Basya Cohen → notableWork → The Barkleys of Broadway ⓘ
subject surface form: Betty Comden