Second Chorus (1940 film)

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Second Chorus is a 1940 American musical comedy film starring Fred Astaire and Paulette Goddard, notable for its big-band jazz setting and Astaire’s song-and-dance performances.

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instanceOf film
basedOn original screenplay
blackAndWhite true
cinematographyBy Leo Tover NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director H. C. Potter NERFINISHED
distributor Paramount Pictures
editedBy Jack Dennis NERFINISHED
featuresSong Everything’s Jumping NERFINISHED
I Ain’t Hep to That Step but I’ll Dig It NERFINISHED
Love of My Life NERFINISHED
Poor Mr. Chisholm NERFINISHED
Sweet Sue, Just You NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Los Angeles
genre jazz film
musical comedy
hasCharacter Artie Shaw (bandleader) NERFINISHED
Danny O’Neill NERFINISHED
Ellen Miller NERFINISHED
Hank Taylor NERFINISHED
hasDancePerformancesBy Fred Astaire NERFINISHED
hasFormat feature film
hasSetting big-band jazz scene
leadActor Fred Astaire NERFINISHED
leadActress Paulette Goddard NERFINISHED
musicBy Artie Shaw NERFINISHED
Hal Borne NERFINISHED
Morris Stoloff NERFINISHED
notableFor Fred Astaire’s song-and-dance numbers
big-band jazz setting
originalLanguage English
producer Boris Morros NERFINISHED
productionCompany Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1940-12-13
releaseYear 1940
runtimeMinutes 84
screenwriter Arnaud d’Usseau NERFINISHED
Ian McLellan Hunter NERFINISHED
Irving Reis NERFINISHED
setIn New York City
starring Artie Shaw NERFINISHED
Burgess Meredith NERFINISHED
Charles Butterworth NERFINISHED
Fred Astaire NERFINISHED
Paulette Goddard NERFINISHED
title Second Chorus NERFINISHED

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