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Broadway Melody of 1936

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Time Out says

'She put 'em down like a man, no ricky-ticky-sissy stuff with Ellie,' Fred Astaire once observed of Eleanor Powell, a dancer he admired enormously. She blazes through this otherwise routine (if very luxurious) MGM musical. Moss Hart's contrived story (unaccountably nominated for an Oscar) casts her as a struggling actress who pretends to be a famous French star in order to land the plum role in Robert Taylor's forthcoming Broadway extravaganza. Comedian Jack Benny, in a role modelled on newsman Walter Winchell, plays a columnist with a grudge against Taylor. And yes, as always in these backstage musicals, everything comes right on the night.
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Release Details

  • Duration:102 mins

Cast and crew

  • Director:Roy Del Ruth
  • Screenwriter:Jack McGowan, Sid Silvers
  • Cast:
    • Eleanor Powell
    • Robert Taylor
    • Jack Benny
    • Una Merkel
    • Sid Silvers
    • Buddy Ebsen
    • Frances Langford
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