| Second Fiddle | |
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| Directed by | Sidney Lanfield |
| Based on | "Heart Interest" by George Bradshaw |
| Produced by | Gene Markey |
| Starring | Sonja Henie Tyrone Power |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Second Fiddle is a 1939 American musical romance film directed by Sidney Lanfield, starring Sonja Henie, Tyrone Power, Rudy Vallée and Lyle Talbot and released by 20th Century Fox. The score was composed by Irving Berlin.[1] The screenplay, based on George Bradshaw's story Heart Interest,[citation needed] involves a Hollywood publicity agent who falls in love with a new actress he helped to discover. The film combines a parody of the extensive search for an actress to play Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind with a Cyrano de Bergerac–type plot.[2] It is sometimes known as Irving Berlin's Second Fiddle.
- ^ Hemming p.39
- ^ Green, Stanley (1999) Hollywood Musicals Year by Year (2nd ed.), pub. Hal Leonard Corporation ISBN 0-634-00765-3 page 87