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Broadway Melody of 1940 is a 1940 MGM film musical starring Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell and George Murphy (Astaire's first male dancing partner on film [1]). It was directed by Norman Taurog and features music by Cole Porter , including " Begin the Beguine ".
Judy Garland; from Little Nellie Kelly (1940) the main title sequence from Singin' in the Rain (1952) sung by Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor "The Broadway Melody" - Charles King and Chorus Girls; [6] from The Broadway Melody (1929) "Rosalie" - sung by Chorus with dancing by Eleanor Powell; from Rosalie (1937)
Among the films she made during the height of her career in the mid-to-late 1930s were Born to Dance (1936), Rosalie (1937), Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937), Honolulu (1939), and Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940). All of these movies featured her amazing solo tapping, although her increasingly huge production numbers began to draw criticism.
The Broadway Melody, also known as The Broadway Melody of 1929, is a 1929 American pre-Code musical film and the first sound film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture.It was one of the early musicals to feature a Technicolor sequence, which sparked the trend of color being used in a flurry of musicals that would hit the screens in 1929–1930.
Broadway Melody of 1938 is a 1937 American musical film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by Roy Del Ruth. The film is essentially a backstage musical revue , featuring high-budget sets and cinematography in the MGM musical tradition.
The film instead starred George Murphy, who had appeared in Broadway Melody of 1938 and Broadway Melody of 1940. Mayer then replaced Powell with Ginny Simms. Other cast members included Charles Winninger, Gloria DeHaven, Lena Horne, Nancy Walker, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, the Ross Sisters, and Ben Blue, as well as Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra.
January 12, 1940 The Shop Around the Corner: January 19, 1940 Congo Maisie: January 26, 1940 The Lambeth Walk: Distribution; presented by CAPAD: A Pinebrook production February 2, 1940 I Take This Woman: February 9, 1940 Broadway Melody of 1940: February 16, 1940 The Man from Dakota: February 23, 1940 Northwest Passage: March 1, 1940 Strange ...
In movies, Murphy was known as a song-and-dance man and appeared in many big-budget musicals such as Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937), Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940) and For Me and My Gal (1942). He made his movie debut shortly after talking pictures had replaced silent movies in 1930, and his career continued until he retired as an actor in 1952 ...