Broadway Melody of 1940 (DVD)

The job - a career breakthrough, is supposed to go to hoofer Johnny Brett, but a mix-up in names give it to his partner. Another example of Broadway hopes dashed? Not when Johnny is played by Fred Astaire. Sparkling Cole Porter songs, clever comedy and dance legends Astaire and Powell make the final Broadway Melody (costarring George Murphy) a song to remember. Powell's nautical I Am the Captain and Astaire's blissful I've Got My Eyes on You are more than enough to please any fan. But they're just a warm-up for the leads to tap one number into immortality: Begin the Beguine, introduced by Frank Sinatra in That's Entertainment! With "You can wait around and hope, but you'll never see the likes of this again".

Starring: Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy, Frank Morgan, Ian Hunter, Trixie Frischke, Hal K. Dawson, Joseph Crehan, Harry Lash, Don Brodie, Florence Rice, Lynne Carver, Ann Morriss, Douglas McPhail, Mel Blanc, Gladys Blake, George Chandler, Walter Soderling, James Flavin, Jack Mulhall, Libby Taylor, Barbara Jo Allen, Irving Bacon, Alphonse Martell, Herman Bing, Edgar Dearing, E. Alyn Warren, Mel Ruick, Mary Field, Arthur Stuart Hull, Joe Yule, John T. Murray, Gertrude Simpson, Paul E. Burns, Jean del Val, William Tannen

Director: Jack Cummings

Rating: NR